#EDD371#EDD371

#EDD371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.122 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD371
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -3.10, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 51.42, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0102 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.122 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2021, 65.7880, 25.0942)
Luminance	0.6579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD371 #718BED

analogous

#ED9571 #EDD371 #C9ED71

triadic

#EDD371 #71EDD3 #D371ED

tetradic

#EDD371 #71ED95 #718BED #ED71C9

square

#EDD371 #71ED95 #718BED #ED71C9

split-complementary

#EDD371 #71C9ED #9571ED

monochromatic

#CAA51A #E6C23B #EDD371 #F4E4A7 #FBF5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#EDD371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD371

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD371	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.122 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e09c',
    500: '#edd371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd371;
$custom-light: #f5e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86871,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD371

secondary

#3D59C5

accent

#37DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD371

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

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