#EDD178#EDD178

#EDD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD178
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -1.47, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 47.46, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0048 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1178, 64.9642, 27.0857)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD178 #7894ED

analogous

#ED9678 #EDD178 #CFED78

triadic

#EDD178 #78EDD1 #D178ED

tetradic

#EDD178 #78ED96 #7894ED #ED78CF

square

#EDD178 #78ED96 #7894ED #ED78CF

split-complementary

#EDD178 #78CFED #9678ED

monochromatic

#CFA41C #E6BF42 #EDD178 #F4E3AE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EDD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD178

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD178	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)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea1',
    500: '#edd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd178;
$custom-light: #f5dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86564,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD178

secondary

#4362C6

accent

#3ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD178

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

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