#EDD277#EDD277

#EDD277 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD277
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -2.08, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 48.26, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0066 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3035, 65.4323, 26.8498)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD277 #7792ED

analogous

#ED9777 #EDD277 #CDED77

triadic

#EDD277 #77EDD2 #D277ED

tetradic

#EDD277 #77ED97 #7792ED #ED77CD

square

#EDD277 #77ED97 #7792ED #ED77CD

split-complementary

#EDD277 #77CDED #9777ED

monochromatic

#CEA51B #E6C041 #EDD277 #F4E4AD #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#EDD277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD277

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD277	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfa0',
    500: '#edd277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd277;
$custom-light: #f5dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8675,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD277

secondary

#4260C6

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD277

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

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