#EDD99B#EDD99B

#EDD99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.082 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99B
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 34.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -1.96, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 33.15, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0033 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.082 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.6554, 69.9988, 41.0566)
Luminance	0.7000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99B #9BAFED

analogous

#EDB09B #EDD99B #D8ED9B

triadic

#EDD99B #9BEDD9 #D99BED

tetradic

#EDD99B #9BEDB0 #9BAFED #ED9BD8

square

#EDD99B #9BEDB0 #9BAFED #ED9BD8

split-complementary

#EDD99B #9BD8ED #B09BED

monochromatic

#DAB233 #E4C567 #EDD99B #F6EDCF #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#EDD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99B

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99B	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.082 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b9',
    500: '#edd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99b;
$custom-light: #f4e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88727,
    "c": 0.08243,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99B

secondary

#637CC9

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99B

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

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