#EDD173#EDD173

#EDD173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD173
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -1.91, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 49.82, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0066 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8222, 64.8460, 25.5291)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD173 #738FED

analogous

#ED9473 #EDD173 #CCED73

triadic

#EDD173 #73EDD1 #D173ED

tetradic

#EDD173 #73ED94 #738FED #ED73CC

square

#EDD173 #73ED94 #738FED #ED73CC

split-complementary

#EDD173 #73CCED #9473ED

monochromatic

#CBA31A #E6BF3D #EDD173 #F4E3A9 #FBF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#EDD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD173

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD173	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de9d',
    500: '#edd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd173;
$custom-light: #f5de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD173

secondary

#3F5EC6

accent

#3BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD173

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

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