#EDD17C#EDD17C

#EDD17C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.109 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD17C
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 124)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -1.11, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 45.55, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0033 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.109 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3656, 65.0633, 28.3910)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD17C #7C98ED

analogous

#ED987C #EDD17C #D0ED7C

triadic

#EDD17C #7CEDD1 #D17CED

tetradic

#EDD17C #7CED98 #7C98ED #ED7CD0

square

#EDD17C #7CED98 #7C98ED #ED7CD0

split-complementary

#EDD17C #7CD0ED #987CED

monochromatic

#D2A51D #E6BE46 #EDD17C #F4E4B2 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#EDD17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD17C

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD17C	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.109 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea3',
    500: '#edd17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd17c;
$custom-light: #f5dea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86621,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD17C

secondary

#4766C7

accent

#40D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD17C

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

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