#EDD987#EDD987

#EDD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.105 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD987
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -4.14, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 43.01, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0111 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.105 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1127, 69.3818, 32.9318)
Luminance	0.6938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD987 #879BED

analogous

#EDA687 #EDD987 #CEED87

triadic

#EDD987 #87EDD9 #D987ED

tetradic

#EDD987 #87EDA6 #879BED #ED87CE

square

#EDD987 #87EDA6 #879BED #ED87CE

split-complementary

#EDD987 #87CEED #A687ED

monochromatic

#D9B521 #E5C852 #EDD987 #F5EABC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#EDD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD987

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD987	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)

#E8D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.105 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ab',
    500: '#edd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd987;
$custom-light: #f4e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88388,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD987

secondary

#5168C8

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD987

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

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