#EDD588#EDD588

#EDD588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.100 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD588
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 136)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 42.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -2.00, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 41.08, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0048 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.1 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.1649, 67.3730, 32.9648)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD588 #88A0ED

analogous

#EDA288 #EDD588 #D2ED88

triadic

#EDD588 #88EDD5 #D588ED

tetradic

#EDD588 #88EDA2 #88A0ED #ED88D2

square

#EDD588 #88EDA2 #88A0ED #ED88D2

split-complementary

#EDD588 #88D2ED #A288ED

monochromatic

#DAAE21 #E5C253 #EDD588 #F5E8BD #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#EDD588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD588

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD588	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)

#E4D282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.100 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1ac',
    500: '#edd588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd588;
$custom-light: #f4e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87602,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD588

secondary

#526EC8

accent

#3FD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD588

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

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