#EDD995#EDD995

#EDD995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.089 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD995
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -2.65, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 36.12, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0057 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.089 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1640, 69.8023, 38.4685)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD995 #95A9ED

analogous

#EDAD95 #EDD995 #D5ED95

triadic

#EDD995 #95EDD9 #D995ED

tetradic

#EDD995 #95EDAD #95A9ED #ED95D5

square

#EDD995 #95EDAD #95A9ED #ED95D5

split-complementary

#EDD995 #95D5ED #AD95ED

monochromatic

#DBB32C #E4C661 #EDD995 #F6ECC9 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#EDD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD995

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD995	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.089 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b5',
    500: '#edd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd995;
$custom-light: #f4e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8862,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD995

secondary

#5D76C9

accent

#3ED313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD995

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

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