#EDD17D#EDD17D

#EDD17D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.108 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD17D
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -1.02, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 45.07, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0029 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.108 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4292, 65.0887, 28.7257)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD17D #7D99ED

analogous

#ED997D #EDD17D #D1ED7D

triadic

#EDD17D #7DEDD1 #D17DED

tetradic

#EDD17D #7DED99 #7D99ED #ED7DD1

square

#EDD17D #7DED99 #7D99ED #ED7DD1

split-complementary

#EDD17D #7DD1ED #997DED

monochromatic

#D2A51D #E6BE47 #EDD17D #F4E4B3 #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#EDD17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD17D

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD17D	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.108 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dea4',
    500: '#edd17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd17d;
$custom-light: #f5dea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86636,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD17D

secondary

#4867C7

accent

#40D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD17D

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

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