#EDD485#EDD485

#EDD485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD485
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -1.79, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 42.20, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0044 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.103 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7039, 66.7874, 31.7741)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD485 #859EED

analogous

#EDA085 #EDD485 #D2ED85

triadic

#EDD485 #85EDD4 #D485ED

tetradic

#EDD485 #85EDA0 #859EED #ED85D2

square

#EDD485 #85EDA0 #859EED #ED85D2

split-complementary

#EDD485 #85D2ED #A085ED

monochromatic

#D8AC20 #E5C150 #EDD485 #F5E7BA #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#EDD485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD485

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD485	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a9',
    500: '#edd485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd485;
$custom-light: #f4e1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87355,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD485

secondary

#4F6CC7

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD485

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

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