#EDD37E#EDD37E

#EDD37E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.109 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD37E
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -1.95, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 45.25, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0056 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.109 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9871, 66.1020, 29.2284)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD37E #7E98ED

analogous

#ED9B7E #EDD37E #CFED7E

triadic

#EDD37E #7EEDD3 #D37EED

tetradic

#EDD37E #7EED9B #7E98ED #ED7ECF

square

#EDD37E #7EED9B #7E98ED #ED7ECF

split-complementary

#EDD37E #7ECFED #9B7EED

monochromatic

#D3A91D #E6C148 #EDD37E #F4E5B4 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#EDD37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD37E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD37E	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.109 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e0a5',
    500: '#edd37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd37e;
$custom-light: #f5e0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8705,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD37E

secondary

#4866C7

accent

#3DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD37E

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

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