#EDD587#EDD587

#EDD587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.101 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD587
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 135)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -2.10, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 41.57, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0051 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.101 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0941, 67.3447, 32.5923)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD587 #879FED

analogous

#EDA287 #EDD587 #D2ED87

triadic

#EDD587 #87EDD5 #D587ED

tetradic

#EDD587 #87EDA2 #879FED #ED87D2

square

#EDD587 #87EDA2 #879FED #ED87D2

split-complementary

#EDD587 #87D2ED #A287ED

monochromatic

#D9AE21 #E5C252 #EDD587 #F5E8BC #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#EDD587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD587

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD587	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.101 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ab',
    500: '#edd587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd587;
$custom-light: #f4e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87587,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD587

secondary

#516DC8

accent

#3ED60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD587

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

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