#EDDD85#EDDD85

#EDDD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.110 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD85
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -6.37, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 45.49, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0177 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.11 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0167, 71.4130, 32.5450)
Luminance	0.7141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD85 #8595ED

analogous

#EDA985 #EDDD85 #C9ED85

triadic

#EDDD85 #85EDDD #DD85ED

tetradic

#EDDD85 #85EDA9 #8595ED #ED85C9

square

#EDDD85 #85EDA9 #8595ED #ED85C9

split-complementary

#EDDD85 #85C9ED #A985ED

monochromatic

#D8BB20 #E5CE50 #EDDD85 #F5ECBA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EDDD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD85

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD85	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.110 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7aa',
    500: '#eddd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd85;
$custom-light: #f4e7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89165,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD85

secondary

#4F61C7

accent

#2ED60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD85

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

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