#EDD685#EDD685

#EDD685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.104 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD685
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -2.81, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 42.90, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0074 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.104 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2070, 67.7935, 31.9418)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD685 #859CED

analogous

#EDA285 #EDD685 #D0ED85

triadic

#EDD685 #85EDD6 #D685ED

tetradic

#EDD685 #85EDA2 #859CED #ED85D0

square

#EDD685 #85EDA2 #859CED #ED85D0

split-complementary

#EDD685 #85D0ED #A285ED

monochromatic

#D8AF20 #E5C450 #EDD685 #F5E8BA #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EDD685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD685

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD685	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.104 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2a9',
    500: '#edd685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd685;
$custom-light: #f4e2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87755,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD685

secondary

#4F69C7

accent

#3BD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD685

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

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