#EEED8A#EEED8A

#EEED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.122 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED8A
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.95, -13.46, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.95, 49.80, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.59% -0.0377 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.59% 0.122 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.1327, 80.5820, 35.8993)
Luminance	0.8058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED8A #8A8BEE

analogous

#EEBB8A #EEED8A #BDEE8A

triadic

#EEED8A #8AEEED #ED8AEE

tetradic

#EEED8A #8AEEBB #8A8BEE #EE8ABD

square

#EEED8A #8AEEBB #8A8BEE #EE8ABD

split-complementary

#EEED8A #8ABDEE #BB8AEE

monochromatic

#DDDC20 #E6E555 #EEED8A #F6F5BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#EEED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED8A

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED8A	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.122 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ae',
    500: '#eeed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed8a;
$custom-light: #f5f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92586,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED8A

secondary

#5354C9

accent

#11D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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