#EDDD98#EDDD98

#EDDD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.089 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD98
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 35.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -4.34, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 36.16, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0104 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.089 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4501, 71.9864, 40.0941)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD98 #98A8ED

analogous

#EDB398 #EDDD98 #D3ED98

triadic

#EDDD98 #98EDDD #DD98ED

tetradic

#EDDD98 #98EDB3 #98A8ED #ED98D3

square

#EDDD98 #98EDB3 #98A8ED #ED98D3

split-complementary

#EDDD98 #98D3ED #B398ED

monochromatic

#DBBB30 #E4CC64 #EDDD98 #F6EECC #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDDD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD98

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD98	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)

#EAD993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.089 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7b7',
    500: '#eddd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd98;
$custom-light: #f4e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89474,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD98

secondary

#6074C9

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD98

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

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