#EDDE88#EDDE88

#EDDE88 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.108 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE88
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 42.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -6.57, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 44.43, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.018 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.108 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4918, 72.0267, 33.7405)
Luminance	0.7202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE88 #8897ED

analogous

#EDAB88 #EDDE88 #C9ED88

triadic

#EDDE88 #88EDDE #DE88ED

tetradic

#EDDE88 #88EDAB #8897ED #ED88C9

square

#EDDE88 #88EDAB #8897ED #ED88C9

split-complementary

#EDDE88 #88C9ED #AB88ED

monochromatic

#DABE21 #E5CF53 #EDDE88 #F5EDBD #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#EDDE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE88

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE88	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.108 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8ac',
    500: '#edde88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde88;
$custom-light: #f4e8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89413,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE88

secondary

#5263C8

accent

#2DD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE88

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

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