#EDD480#EDD480

#EDD480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.108 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD480
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 46%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -2.27, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 44.62, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0063 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.108 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3667, 66.6525, 29.9979)
Luminance	0.6665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD480 #8099ED

analogous

#ED9E80 #EDD480 #CFED80

triadic

#EDD480 #80EDD4 #D480ED

tetradic

#EDD480 #80ED9E #8099ED #ED80CF

square

#EDD480 #80ED9E #8099ED #ED80CF

split-complementary

#EDD480 #80CFED #9E80ED

monochromatic

#D4AB1E #E5C24A #EDD480 #F5E6B6 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#EDD480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD480

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD480	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.108 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a6',
    500: '#edd480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd480;
$custom-light: #f5e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87279,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD480

secondary

#4A67C7

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD480

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

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