#EDD986#EDD986

#EDD986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.106 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD986
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -4.24, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 43.49, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0114 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.106 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0426, 69.3537, 32.5628)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD986 #869AED

analogous

#EDA686 #EDD986 #CDED86

triadic

#EDD986 #86EDD9 #D986ED

tetradic

#EDD986 #86EDA6 #869AED #ED86CD

square

#EDD986 #86EDA6 #869AED #ED86CD

split-complementary

#EDD986 #86CDED #A686ED

monochromatic

#D8B520 #E5C851 #EDD986 #F5EABB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EDD986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD986

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD986	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.106 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4aa',
    500: '#edd986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd986;
$custom-light: #f4e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88373,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD986

secondary

#5067C7

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD986

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

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