#EDD172#EDD172

#EDD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.119 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD172
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -1.99, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 50.29, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0069 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.119 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7650, 64.8231, 25.2277)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD172 #728EED

analogous

#ED9472 #EDD172 #CCED72

triadic

#EDD172 #72EDD1 #D172ED

tetradic

#EDD172 #72ED94 #728EED #ED72CC

square

#EDD172 #72ED94 #728EED #ED72CC

split-complementary

#EDD172 #72CCED #9472ED

monochromatic

#CBA21A #E6BF3C #EDD172 #F4E3A8 #FBF4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EDD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD172

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD172	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)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.119 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9d',
    500: '#edd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd172;
$custom-light: #f5de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD172

secondary

#3E5DC6

accent

#3BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD172

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

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