#EDD487#EDD487

#EDD487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.100 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD487
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -1.59, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 41.23, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0037 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.1 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8434, 66.8432, 32.5087)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD487 #87A0ED

analogous

#EDA187 #EDD487 #D3ED87

triadic

#EDD487 #87EDD4 #D487ED

tetradic

#EDD487 #87EDA1 #87A0ED #ED87D3

square

#EDD487 #87EDA1 #87A0ED #ED87D3

split-complementary

#EDD487 #87D3ED #A187ED

monochromatic

#D9AC21 #E5C152 #EDD487 #F5E7BC #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#EDD487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD487

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD487	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.100 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ab',
    500: '#edd487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd487;
$custom-light: #f4e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87387,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD487

secondary

#516EC8

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD487

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

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