#EDDA99#EDDA99

#EDDA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.086 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA99
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -2.70, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 34.51, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0056 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.086 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7473, 70.4493, 40.2655)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA99 #99ACED

analogous

#EDB099 #EDDA99 #D6ED99

triadic

#EDDA99 #99EDDA #DA99ED

tetradic

#EDDA99 #99EDB0 #99ACED #ED99D6

square

#EDDA99 #99EDB0 #99ACED #ED99D6

split-complementary

#EDDA99 #99D6ED #B099ED

monochromatic

#DBB431 #E4C765 #EDDA99 #F6EDCD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#EDDA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA99

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA99	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.086 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e5b7',
    500: '#edda99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda99;
$custom-light: #f4e5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88891,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA99

secondary

#6179C9

accent

#3FD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA99

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

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