#EDD99D#EDD99D

#EDD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.080 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99D
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -1.72, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 32.15, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0025 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.08 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8247, 70.0666, 41.9485)
Luminance	0.7006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99D #9DB1ED

analogous

#EDB19D #EDD99D #D9ED9D

triadic

#EDD99D #9DEDD9 #D99DED

tetradic

#EDD99D #9DEDB1 #9DB1ED #ED9DD9

square

#EDD99D #9DEDB1 #9DB1ED #ED9DD9

split-complementary

#EDD99D #9DD9ED #B19DED

monochromatic

#DAB136 #E4C569 #EDD99D #F6EDD1 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EDD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99D

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99D	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)

#E6D799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.080 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4ba',
    500: '#edd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99d;
$custom-light: #f4e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88764,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99D

secondary

#657EC9

accent

#44D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99D

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

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