#EDDD99#EDDD99

#EDDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.088 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD99
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -4.23, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 35.66, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.01 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.088 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.5323, 72.0193, 40.5272)
Luminance	0.7202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD99 #99A9ED

analogous

#EDB399 #EDDD99 #D3ED99

triadic

#EDDD99 #99EDDD #DD99ED

tetradic

#EDDD99 #99EDB3 #99A9ED #ED99D3

square

#EDDD99 #99EDB3 #99A9ED #ED99D3

split-complementary

#EDDD99 #99D3ED #B399ED

monochromatic

#DBBA31 #E4CC65 #EDDD99 #F6EECD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD99

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD99	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)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.088 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7b7',
    500: '#eddd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd99;
$custom-light: #f4e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89492,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD99

secondary

#6175C9

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD99

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

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