#EDD17A#EDD17A

#EDD17A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.111 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD17A
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 122)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 48.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -1.30, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 46.50, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0041 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.111 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2404, 65.0132, 27.7316)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD17A #7A96ED

analogous

#ED977A #EDD17A #D0ED7A

triadic

#EDD17A #7AEDD1 #D17AED

tetradic

#EDD17A #7AED97 #7A96ED #ED7AD0

square

#EDD17A #7AED97 #7A96ED #ED7AD0

split-complementary

#EDD17A #7AD0ED #977AED

monochromatic

#D0A51C #E6BE44 #EDD17A #F4E4B0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EDD17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD17A

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD17A	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.111 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea2',
    500: '#edd17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd17a;
$custom-light: #f5dea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86592,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD17A

secondary

#4564C6

accent

#3FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD17A

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

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