#EDD381#EDD381

#EDD381 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.106 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD381
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -1.67, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 43.80, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0044 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.106 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1836, 66.1805, 30.2632)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD381 #819BED

analogous

#ED9D81 #EDD381 #D1ED81

triadic

#EDD381 #81EDD3 #D381ED

tetradic

#EDD381 #81ED9D #819BED #ED81D1

square

#EDD381 #81ED9D #819BED #ED81D1

split-complementary

#EDD381 #81D1ED #9D81ED

monochromatic

#D5A91E #E5C04B #EDD381 #F5E6B7 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#EDD381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD381

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD381	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.106 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e0a7',
    500: '#edd381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd381;
$custom-light: #f5e0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87094,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD381

secondary

#4B69C7

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD381

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

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