#EDD079#EDD079

#EDD079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.112 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD079
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -0.87, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 46.66, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0029 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.112 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9342, 64.4994, 27.3254)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD079 #7996ED

analogous

#ED9679 #EDD079 #D0ED79

triadic

#EDD079 #79EDD0 #D079ED

tetradic

#EDD079 #79ED96 #7996ED #ED79D0

square

#EDD079 #79ED96 #7996ED #ED79D0

split-complementary

#EDD079 #79D0ED #9679ED

monochromatic

#D0A31C #E6BD43 #EDD079 #F4E3AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EDD079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD079

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD079	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.112 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea1',
    500: '#edd079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd079;
$custom-light: #f5dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86379,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD079

secondary

#4465C6

accent

#40D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD079

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

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