#EDD98E#EDD98E

#EDD98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.097 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD98E
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -3.41, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 39.58, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0084 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.097 95)
XYZ	xyz(64.6218, 69.5854, 35.6132)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD98E #8EA2ED

analogous

#EDAA8E #EDD98E #D2ED8E

triadic

#EDD98E #8EEDD9 #D98EED

tetradic

#EDD98E #8EEDAA #8EA2ED #ED8ED2

square

#EDD98E #8EEDAA #8EA2ED #ED8ED2

split-complementary

#EDD98E #8ED2ED #AA8EED

monochromatic

#DCB524 #E5C759 #EDD98E #F5EBC3 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#EDD98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD98E

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD98E	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.097 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b0',
    500: '#edd98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd98e;
$custom-light: #f4e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.885,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.69583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD98E

secondary

#576FC8

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD98E

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

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