#EDD481#EDD481

#EDD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.107 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD481
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -2.18, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 44.14, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0059 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.107 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4328, 66.6789, 30.3463)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD481 #819AED

analogous

#ED9E81 #EDD481 #D0ED81

triadic

#EDD481 #81EDD4 #D481ED

tetradic

#EDD481 #81ED9E #819AED #ED81D0

square

#EDD481 #81ED9E #819AED #ED81D0

split-complementary

#EDD481 #81D0ED #9E81ED

monochromatic

#D5AB1E #E5C24B #EDD481 #F5E6B7 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#EDD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD481

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD481	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.107 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a7',
    500: '#edd481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd481;
$custom-light: #f5e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87294,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD481

secondary

#4B68C7

accent

#3DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD481

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

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