#EDD177#EDD177

#EDD177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.114 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD177
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -1.56, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 47.93, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0051 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.114 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0574, 64.9400, 26.7677)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD177 #7793ED

analogous

#ED9677 #EDD177 #CEED77

triadic

#EDD177 #77EDD1 #D177ED

tetradic

#EDD177 #77ED96 #7793ED #ED77CE

square

#EDD177 #77ED96 #7793ED #ED77CE

split-complementary

#EDD177 #77CEED #9677ED

monochromatic

#CEA41B #E6BF41 #EDD177 #F4E3AD #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EDD177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD177

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD177	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.114 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea0',
    500: '#edd177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd177;
$custom-light: #f5dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8655,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD177

secondary

#4261C6

accent

#3DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD177

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

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