#EDDE87#EDDE87

#EDDE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.109 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE87
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -6.67, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 44.91, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0184 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.109 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.4210, 71.9984, 33.3679)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE87 #8796ED

analogous

#EDAB87 #EDDE87 #C9ED87

triadic

#EDDE87 #87EDDE #DE87ED

tetradic

#EDDE87 #87EDAB #8796ED #ED87C9

square

#EDDE87 #87EDAB #8796ED #ED87C9

split-complementary

#EDDE87 #87C9ED #AB87ED

monochromatic

#D9BE21 #E5CF52 #EDDE87 #F5EDBC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDDE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE87

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE87	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)

#EDD980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.109 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8ab',
    500: '#edde87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde87;
$custom-light: #f4e8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89397,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE87

secondary

#5162C8

accent

#2DD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE87

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

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