#EDD490#EDD490

#EDD490 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.091 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD490
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 144)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 39.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -0.64, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 36.82, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0002 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.091 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5040, 67.1074, 35.9881)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD490 #90A9ED

analogous

#EDA690 #EDD490 #D8ED90

triadic

#EDD490 #90EDD4 #D490ED

tetradic

#EDD490 #90EDA6 #90A9ED #ED90D8

square

#EDD490 #90EDA6 #90A9ED #ED90D8

split-complementary

#EDD490 #90D8ED #A690ED

monochromatic

#DCAB27 #E4C05B #EDD490 #F6E8C5 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#EDD490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD490

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD490	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.091 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1b1',
    500: '#edd490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd490;
$custom-light: #f4e1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.871,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87536,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD490

secondary

#5977C8

accent

#46D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD490

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

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