#EDDC8B#EDDC8B

#EDDC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.103 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC8B
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -5.25, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 42.18, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.014 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.103 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1799, 71.0571, 34.7031)
Luminance	0.7106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC8B #8B9CED

analogous

#EDAB8B #EDDC8B #CDED8B

triadic

#EDDC8B #8BEDDC #DC8BED

tetradic

#EDDC8B #8BEDAB #8B9CED #ED8BCD

square

#EDDC8B #8BEDAB #8B9CED #ED8BCD

split-complementary

#EDDC8B #8BCDED #AB8BED

monochromatic

#DCBB22 #E5CC56 #EDDC8B #F5ECC0 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EDDC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC8B

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC8B	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)

#EBD885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.103 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6ae',
    500: '#eddc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc8b;
$custom-light: #f4e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89055,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC8B

secondary

#5468C8

accent

#32D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC8B

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

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