#EDD99C#EDD99C

#EDD99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.081 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99C
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 34.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -1.84, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 32.65, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0029 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.081 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7397, 70.0326, 41.5007)
Luminance	0.7003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99C #9CB0ED

analogous

#EDB19C #EDD99C #D9ED9C

triadic

#EDD99C #9CEDD9 #D99CED

tetradic

#EDD99C #9CEDB1 #9CB0ED #ED9CD9

square

#EDD99C #9CEDB1 #9CB0ED #ED9CD9

split-complementary

#EDD99C #9CD9ED #B19CED

monochromatic

#DAB134 #E4C568 #EDD99C #F6EDD0 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EDD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99C

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99C	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.081 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b9',
    500: '#edd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99c;
$custom-light: #f4e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88746,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99C

secondary

#647DC9

accent

#43D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99C

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

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