#EDDD8A#EDDD8A

#EDDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.105 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD8A
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -5.86, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 43.06, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0158 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.105 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3704, 71.5545, 34.4078)
Luminance	0.7155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD8A #8A9AED

analogous

#EDAB8A #EDDD8A #CBED8A

triadic

#EDDD8A #8AEDDD #DD8AED

tetradic

#EDDD8A #8AEDAB #8A9AED #ED8ACB

square

#EDDD8A #8AEDAB #8A9AED #ED8ACB

split-complementary

#EDDD8A #8ACBED #AB8AED

monochromatic

#DBBD22 #E5CE55 #EDDD8A #F5ECBF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#EDDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD8A

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD8A	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.105 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7ad',
    500: '#eddd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd8a;
$custom-light: #f4e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89241,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD8A

secondary

#5366C8

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD8A

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

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