#EDD689#EDD689

#EDD689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.100 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD689
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 137)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -2.41, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 40.95, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0059 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.1 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4886, 67.9061, 33.4250)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD689 #89A0ED

analogous

#EDA489 #EDD689 #D2ED89

triadic

#EDD689 #89EDD6 #D689ED

tetradic

#EDD689 #89EDA4 #89A0ED #ED89D2

square

#EDD689 #89EDA4 #89A0ED #ED89D2

split-complementary

#EDD689 #89D2ED #A489ED

monochromatic

#DAB021 #E5C454 #EDD689 #F5E8BE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#EDD689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD689

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD689	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.100 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2ac',
    500: '#edd689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd689;
$custom-light: #f4e2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87818,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD689

secondary

#526DC8

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD689

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

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