#EDD472#EDD472

#EDD472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.122 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD472
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -3.53, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 51.28, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0114 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.122 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5079, 66.3090, 25.4753)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD472 #728BED

analogous

#ED9772 #EDD472 #C9ED72

triadic

#EDD472 #72EDD4 #D472ED

tetradic

#EDD472 #72ED97 #728BED #ED72C9

square

#EDD472 #72ED97 #728BED #ED72C9

split-complementary

#EDD472 #72C9ED #9772ED

monochromatic

#CBA71A #E6C33C #EDD472 #F4E5A8 #FBF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#EDD472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD472

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD472	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.122 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e19d',
    500: '#edd472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd472;
$custom-light: #f5e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87085,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD472

secondary

#3E59C6

accent

#36DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD472

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

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