#EDD899#EDD899

#EDD899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD899
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -1.68, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 33.78, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0026 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.2318, 69.4183, 40.0937)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD899 #99AEED

analogous

#EDAE99 #EDD899 #D8ED99

triadic

#EDD899 #99EDD8 #D899ED

tetradic

#EDD899 #99EDAE #99AEED #ED99D8

square

#EDD899 #99EDAE #99AEED #ED99D8

split-complementary

#EDD899 #99D8ED #AE99ED

monochromatic

#DBB031 #E4C465 #EDD899 #F6ECCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#EDD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD899

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD899	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3b7',
    500: '#edd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd899;
$custom-light: #f4e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88491,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD899

secondary

#617BC9

accent

#43D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD899

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

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