#EDDC8E#EDDC8E

#EDDC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.100 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC8E
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 142)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -4.94, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 40.71, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0128 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.1 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4021, 71.1460, 35.8733)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC8E #8E9FED

analogous

#EDAD8E #EDDC8E #CFED8E

triadic

#EDDC8E #8EEDDC #DC8EED

tetradic

#EDDC8E #8EEDAD #8E9FED #ED8ECF

square

#EDDC8E #8EEDAD #8E9FED #ED8ECF

split-complementary

#EDDC8E #8ECFED #AD8EED

monochromatic

#DCBB24 #E5CC59 #EDDC8E #F5ECC3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#EDDC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC8E

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC8E	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.100 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6b0',
    500: '#eddc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc8e;
$custom-light: #f4e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89103,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC8E

secondary

#576BC8

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC8E

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

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