#EDDD97#EDDD97

#EDDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.091 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD97
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -4.46, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 36.65, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0108 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.091 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3685, 71.9537, 39.6645)
Luminance	0.7195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD97 #97A7ED

analogous

#EDB297 #EDDD97 #D2ED97

triadic

#EDDD97 #97EDDD #DD97ED

tetradic

#EDDD97 #97EDB2 #97A7ED #ED97D2

square

#EDDD97 #97EDB2 #97A7ED #ED97D2

split-complementary

#EDDD97 #97D2ED #B297ED

monochromatic

#DBBB2F #E4CC63 #EDDD97 #F6EECB #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EDDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD97

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD97	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.091 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7b6',
    500: '#eddd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd97;
$custom-light: #f4e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89456,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD97

secondary

#5F73C9

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD97

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

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