#EDD279#EDD279

#EDD279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.113 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD279
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -1.90, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 47.31, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0059 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.113 93)
XYZ	xyz(61.4249, 65.4808, 27.4890)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD279 #7994ED

analogous

#ED9879 #EDD279 #CEED79

triadic

#EDD279 #79EDD2 #D279ED

tetradic

#EDD279 #79ED98 #7994ED #ED79CE

square

#EDD279 #79ED98 #7994ED #ED79CE

split-complementary

#EDD279 #79CEED #9879ED

monochromatic

#D0A61C #E6C043 #EDD279 #F4E4AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#EDD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD279

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD279	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.113 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfa1',
    500: '#edd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd279;
$custom-light: #f5dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86778,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.65478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD279

secondary

#4462C6

accent

#3CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD279

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

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