#EDDD7E#EDDD7E

#EDDD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD7E
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -7.03, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 48.86, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0203 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5491, 71.2260, 30.0824)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD7E #7E8EED

analogous

#EDA57E #EDDD7E #C5ED7E

triadic

#EDDD7E #7EEDDD #DD7EED

tetradic

#EDDD7E #7EEDA5 #7E8EED #ED7EC5

square

#EDDD7E #7EEDA5 #7E8EED #ED7EC5

split-complementary

#EDDD7E #7EC5ED #A57EED

monochromatic

#D3B91D #E6CF48 #EDDD7E #F4EBB4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EDDD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD7E

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD7E	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a5',
    500: '#eddd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd7e;
$custom-light: #f5e7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89064,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD7E

secondary

#485BC7

accent

#2BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD7E

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

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