#EDDC8A#EDDC8A

#EDDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.104 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC8A
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -5.36, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 42.67, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0143 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.104 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1072, 71.0280, 34.3200)
Luminance	0.7103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC8A #8A9BED

analogous

#EDAA8A #EDDC8A #CCED8A

triadic

#EDDC8A #8AEDDC #DC8AED

tetradic

#EDDC8A #8AEDAA #8A9BED #ED8ACC

square

#EDDC8A #8AEDAA #8A9BED #ED8ACC

split-complementary

#EDDC8A #8ACCED #AA8AED

monochromatic

#DBBB22 #E5CC55 #EDDC8A #F5ECBF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EDDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC8A

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC8A	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.104 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6ad',
    500: '#eddc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc8a;
$custom-light: #f4e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89039,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC8A

secondary

#5367C8

accent

#32D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC8A

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

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