#EDDE85#EDDE85

#EDDE85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.111 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE85
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -6.87, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 45.88, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0191 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.111 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2815, 71.9426, 32.6333)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE85 #8594ED

analogous

#EDAA85 #EDDE85 #C8ED85

triadic

#EDDE85 #85EDDE #DE85ED

tetradic

#EDDE85 #85EDAA #8594ED #ED85C8

square

#EDDE85 #85EDAA #8594ED #ED85C8

split-complementary

#EDDE85 #85C8ED #AA85ED

monochromatic

#D8BD20 #E5D050 #EDDE85 #F5ECBA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EDDE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE85

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE85	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)

#EDD97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.111 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8aa',
    500: '#edde85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde85;
$custom-light: #f4e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE85

secondary

#4F60C7

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE85

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

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