#EDD281#EDD281

#EDD281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.105 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD281
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -1.15, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 43.47, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0029 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.105 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9360, 65.6852, 30.1807)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD281 #819CED

analogous

#ED9C81 #EDD281 #D2ED81

triadic

#EDD281 #81EDD2 #D281ED

tetradic

#EDD281 #81ED9C #819CED #ED81D2

square

#EDD281 #81ED9C #819CED #ED81D2

split-complementary

#EDD281 #81D2ED #9C81ED

monochromatic

#D5A71E #E5BF4B #EDD281 #F5E5B7 #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#EDD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD281

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD281	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.105 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfa7',
    500: '#edd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd281;
$custom-light: #f5dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86895,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD281

secondary

#4B6AC7

accent

#41D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD281

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

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