#EDD991#EDD991

#EDD991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.094 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD991
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 145)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -3.09, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 38.10, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0072 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.094 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8501, 69.6767, 36.8155)
Luminance	0.6967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD991 #91A5ED

analogous

#EDAB91 #EDD991 #D3ED91

triadic

#EDD991 #91EDD9 #D991ED

tetradic

#EDD991 #91EDAB #91A5ED #ED91D3

square

#EDD991 #91EDAB #91A5ED #ED91D3

split-complementary

#EDD991 #91D3ED #AB91ED

monochromatic

#DCB528 #E4C75C #EDD991 #F6EBC6 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDD991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#EDD991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD991

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD991	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.094 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b2',
    500: '#edd991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd991;
$custom-light: #f4e4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88551,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD991

secondary

#5A72C8

accent

#3CD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD991

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

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