#EDD99A#EDD99A

#EDD99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.084 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99A
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 35%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -2.08, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 33.64, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0037 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.084 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5717, 69.9654, 40.6162)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99A #9AAEED

analogous

#EDB09A #EDD99A #D8ED9A

triadic

#EDD99A #9AEDD9 #D99AED

tetradic

#EDD99A #9AEDB0 #9AAEED #ED9AD8

square

#EDD99A #9AEDB0 #9AAEED #ED9AD8

split-complementary

#EDD99A #9AD8ED #B09AED

monochromatic

#DAB232 #E4C566 #EDD99A #F6EDCE #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EDD99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99A

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99A	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.084 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b8',
    500: '#edd99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99a;
$custom-light: #f4e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88709,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99A

secondary

#627BC9

accent

#42D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99A

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

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