#EDD686#EDD686

#EDD686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.103 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD686
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 134)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -2.71, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 42.41, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.007 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.103 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2764, 67.8213, 32.3073)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD686 #869DED

analogous

#EDA286 #EDD686 #D0ED86

triadic

#EDD686 #86EDD6 #D686ED

tetradic

#EDD686 #86EDA2 #869DED #ED86D0

square

#EDD686 #86EDA2 #869DED #ED86D0

split-complementary

#EDD686 #86D0ED #A286ED

monochromatic

#D8AF20 #E5C451 #EDD686 #F5E8BB #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EDD686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD686

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD686	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)

#E6D380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.103 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2aa',
    500: '#edd686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd686;
$custom-light: #f4e2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87771,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD686

secondary

#506AC7

accent

#3CD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD686

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

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