#EDD46A#EDD46A
#EDD46A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.129 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD46A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 212, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 78%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 55%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.07, -4.17, 54.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.07, 54.99, 94.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.99% -0.0141 0.1283) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.99% 0.129 96.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.0724, 66.1348, 23.1812) |
| Luminance | 0.6613 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.03
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.69
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.02
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.25
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.51
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD46A #6A83ED
analogous
#ED936A #EDD46A #C4ED6A
triadic
#EDD46A #6AEDD4 #D46AED
tetradic
#EDD46A #6AED93 #6A83ED #ED6AC4
square
#EDD46A #6AED93 #6A83ED #ED6AC4
split-complementary
#EDD46A #6AC4ED #936AED
monochromatic
#C5A418 #E6C433 #EDD46A #F4E4A1 #FAF4D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#EDD46A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.23
#EDD46A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD46A
14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD46A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD46A | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.23 | 14.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D060
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD86F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEC6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd46a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.129 96.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e197',
500: '#edd46a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd46a; $custom-light: #f5e197; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd46a",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 212,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.55,
"s": 78.443,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86986,
"c": 0.12906,
"h": 96.3
},
"luminance": 0.66132
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD46A
secondary
#3953C3
accent
#32DB0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F