#EDD489#EDD489

#EDD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.098 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD489
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -1.38, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 40.25, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0029 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.098 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9855, 66.9000, 33.2573)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD489 #89A2ED

analogous

#EDA289 #EDD489 #D4ED89

triadic

#EDD489 #89EDD4 #D489ED

tetradic

#EDD489 #89EDA2 #89A2ED #ED89D4

square

#EDD489 #89EDA2 #89A2ED #ED89D4

split-complementary

#EDD489 #89D4ED #A289ED

monochromatic

#DAAC21 #E5C154 #EDD489 #F5E7BE #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#EDD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD489

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD489	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.098 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ac',
    500: '#edd489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd489;
$custom-light: #f4e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87419,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD489

secondary

#5270C8

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD489

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

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