#EDD896#EDD896

#EDD896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.087 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD896
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -2.02, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 35.26, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0038 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.087 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9872, 69.3204, 38.8051)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD896 #96ABED

analogous

#EDAC96 #EDD896 #D6ED96

triadic

#EDD896 #96EDD8 #D896ED

tetradic

#EDD896 #96EDAC #96ABED #ED96D6

square

#EDD896 #96EDAC #96ABED #ED96D6

split-complementary

#EDD896 #96D6ED #AC96ED

monochromatic

#DBB12E #E4C562 #EDD896 #F6EBCA #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#EDD896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD896

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD896	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.087 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3b5',
    500: '#edd896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd896;
$custom-light: #f4e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88437,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD896

secondary

#5E78C9

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD896

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

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