#EDD486#EDD486

#EDD486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.101 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD486
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 134)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -1.69, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 41.71, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.004 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.101 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7733, 66.8152, 32.1397)
Luminance	0.6681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD486 #869FED

analogous

#EDA086 #EDD486 #D2ED86

triadic

#EDD486 #86EDD4 #D486ED

tetradic

#EDD486 #86EDA0 #869FED #ED86D2

square

#EDD486 #86EDA0 #869FED #ED86D2

split-complementary

#EDD486 #86D2ED #A086ED

monochromatic

#D8AC20 #E5C151 #EDD486 #F5E7BB #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#EDD486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD486

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD486	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)

#E4D180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.101 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1aa',
    500: '#edd486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd486;
$custom-light: #f4e1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87371,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD486

secondary

#506DC7

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD486

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

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