#EDD491#EDD491

#EDD491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.090 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD491
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -0.53, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 36.33, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% 0.0002 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.09 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5808, 67.1381, 36.3924)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD491 #91AAED

analogous

#EDA691 #EDD491 #D8ED91

triadic

#EDD491 #91EDD4 #D491ED

tetradic

#EDD491 #91EDA6 #91AAED #ED91D8

square

#EDD491 #91EDA6 #91AAED #ED91D8

split-complementary

#EDD491 #91D8ED #A691ED

monochromatic

#DCAB28 #E4BF5C #EDD491 #F6E9C6 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#EDD491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD491

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD491	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.090 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1b2',
    500: '#edd491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd491;
$custom-light: #f4e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87553,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD491

secondary

#5A78C8

accent

#46D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD491

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

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