#EDD280#EDD280

#EDD280 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.106 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD280
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 128)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 46%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -1.25, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 43.95, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0033 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.106 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8698, 65.6588, 29.8323)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD280 #809BED

analogous

#ED9C80 #EDD280 #D1ED80

triadic

#EDD280 #80EDD2 #D280ED

tetradic

#EDD280 #80ED9C #809BED #ED80D1

square

#EDD280 #80ED9C #809BED #ED80D1

split-complementary

#EDD280 #80D1ED #9C80ED

monochromatic

#D4A71E #E5BF4A #EDD280 #F5E5B6 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#EDD280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD280

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD280	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.106 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfa6',
    500: '#edd280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd280;
$custom-light: #f5dfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8688,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD280

secondary

#4A69C7

accent

#40D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD280

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

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