#EDD68D#EDD68D

#EDD68D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.096 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD68D
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -1.99, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 38.99, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0043 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.096 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.7808, 68.0230, 34.9642)
Luminance	0.6802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD68D #8DA4ED

analogous

#EDA68D #EDD68D #D4ED8D

triadic

#EDD68D #8DEDD6 #D68DED

tetradic

#EDD68D #8DEDA6 #8DA4ED #ED8DD4

square

#EDD68D #8DEDA6 #8DA4ED #ED8DD4

split-complementary

#EDD68D #8DD4ED #A68DED

monochromatic

#DCB023 #E5C358 #EDD68D #F5E9C2 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EDD68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD68D

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD68D	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.096 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2af',
    500: '#edd68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd68d;
$custom-light: #f4e2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87884,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD68D

secondary

#5671C8

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD68D

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

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