#EDDCA0#EDDCA0

#EDDCA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.079 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDCA0
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 32.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -2.89, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 31.78, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0058 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.079 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.8643, 71.7309, 43.5741)
Luminance	0.7173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDCA0 #A0B1ED

analogous

#EDB5A0 #EDDCA0 #D8EDA0

triadic

#EDDCA0 #A0EDDC #DCA0ED

tetradic

#EDDCA0 #A0EDB5 #A0B1ED #EDA0D8

square

#EDDCA0 #A0EDB5 #A0B1ED #EDA0D8

split-complementary

#EDDCA0 #A0D8ED #B5A0ED

monochromatic

#DAB639 #E3C96D #EDDCA0 #F7EFD3 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#EDDCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDCA0

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDCA0	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.079 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6bc',
    500: '#eddca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddca0;
$custom-light: #f4e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89419,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDCA0

secondary

#687DC9

accent

#3FD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDCA0

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

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