#EDD989#EDD989

#EDD989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.102 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD989
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -3.94, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 42.03, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0103 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.102 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2548, 69.4386, 33.6804)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD989 #899DED

analogous

#EDA789 #EDD989 #CFED89

triadic

#EDD989 #89EDD9 #D989ED

tetradic

#EDD989 #89EDA7 #899DED #ED89CF

square

#EDD989 #89EDA7 #899DED #ED89CF

split-complementary

#EDD989 #89CFED #A789ED

monochromatic

#DAB521 #E5C854 #EDD989 #F5EABE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#EDD989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD989

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD989	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.102 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ac',
    500: '#edd989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd989;
$custom-light: #f4e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8842,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD989

secondary

#526AC8

accent

#37D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD989

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

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