#EDDC8D#EDDC8D

#EDDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.101 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC8D
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -5.04, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 41.20, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0132 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.101 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.3274, 71.1161, 35.4797)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC8D #8D9EED

analogous

#EDAC8D #EDDC8D #CEED8D

triadic

#EDDC8D #8DEDDC #DC8DED

tetradic

#EDDC8D #8DEDAC #8D9EED #ED8DCE

square

#EDDC8D #8DEDAC #8D9EED #ED8DCE

split-complementary

#EDDC8D #8DCEED #AC8DED

monochromatic

#DCBC23 #E5CC58 #EDDC8D #F5ECC2 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#EDDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC8D

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC8D	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.101 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6af',
    500: '#eddc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc8d;
$custom-light: #f4e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89087,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC8D

secondary

#566AC8

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC8D

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

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