#EDDE86#EDDE86

#EDDE86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.110 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE86
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -6.77, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 45.40, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0188 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.11 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3509, 71.9704, 32.9989)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE86 #8695ED

analogous

#EDAA86 #EDDE86 #C9ED86

triadic

#EDDE86 #86EDDE #DE86ED

tetradic

#EDDE86 #86EDAA #8695ED #ED86C9

square

#EDDE86 #86EDAA #8695ED #ED86C9

split-complementary

#EDDE86 #86C9ED #AA86ED

monochromatic

#D8BE20 #E5CF51 #EDDE86 #F5EDBB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EDDE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE86

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE86	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)

#EDD97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.110 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8aa',
    500: '#edde86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde86;
$custom-light: #f4e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89382,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE86

secondary

#5061C7

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE86

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

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