#EDD171#EDD171

#EDD171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.120 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD171
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -2.08, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 50.76, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0073 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.12 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7084, 64.8004, 24.9296)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD171 #718DED

analogous

#ED9371 #EDD171 #CBED71

triadic

#EDD171 #71EDD1 #D171ED

tetradic

#EDD171 #71ED93 #718DED #ED71CB

square

#EDD171 #71ED93 #718DED #ED71CB

split-complementary

#EDD171 #71CBED #9371ED

monochromatic

#CAA21A #E6BF3B #EDD171 #F4E3A7 #FBF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EDD171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD171

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD171	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.120 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9c',
    500: '#edd171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd171;
$custom-light: #f5de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8647,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD171

secondary

#3D5CC5

accent

#3ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD171

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

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