#EDDCA8#EDDCA8

#EDDCA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.070 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDCA8
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 29.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -1.90, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 27.78, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0026 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.07 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.5868, 72.0199, 47.3791)
Luminance	0.7202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDCA8 #A8B9ED

analogous

#EDBAA8 #EDDCA8 #DCEDA8

triadic

#EDDCA8 #A8EDDC #DCA8ED

tetradic

#EDDCA8 #A8EDBA #A8B9ED #EDA8DC

square

#EDDCA8 #A8EDBA #A8B9ED #EDA8DC

split-complementary

#EDDCA8 #A8DCED #BAA8ED

monochromatic

#D8B343 #E3C875 #EDDCA8 #F7F0DB #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDDCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDCA8

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDCA8	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.070 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6c2',
    500: '#eddca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddca8;
$custom-light: #f3e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89575,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDCA8

secondary

#6F86CA

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDCA8

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

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