#EDD985#EDD985

#EDD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.107 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD985
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -4.34, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 43.98, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0118 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.107 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.9732, 69.3260, 32.1972)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD985 #8599ED

analogous

#EDA585 #EDD985 #CDED85

triadic

#EDD985 #85EDD9 #D985ED

tetradic

#EDD985 #85EDA5 #8599ED #ED85CD

square

#EDD985 #85EDA5 #8599ED #ED85CD

split-complementary

#EDD985 #85CDED #A585ED

monochromatic

#D8B420 #E5C850 #EDD985 #F5EABA #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#EDD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD985

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD985	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)

#E9D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.107 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4aa',
    500: '#edd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd985;
$custom-light: #f4e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88358,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD985

secondary

#4F66C7

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD985

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

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