#EDD473#EDD473
#EDD473 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD473 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 212, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 77%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 51%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.5%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.17, -3.44, 50.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.17, 50.82, 93.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.1% -0.011 0.1202) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.1% 0.121 95.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.5652, 66.3319, 25.7768) |
| Luminance | 0.6633 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.43
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.02
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.37
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.51
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD473 #738CED
analogous
#ED9773 #EDD473 #C9ED73
triadic
#EDD473 #73EDD4 #D473ED
tetradic
#EDD473 #73ED97 #738CED #ED73C9
square
#EDD473 #73ED97 #738CED #ED73C9
split-complementary
#EDD473 #73C9ED #9773ED
monochromatic
#CBA71A #E6C33D #EDD473 #F4E5A9 #FBF5DF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#EDD473 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.27
#EDD473 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD473
14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD473 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD473 | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.27 | 14.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5D06A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD877
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDC7BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd473; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.121 95.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e19d',
500: '#edd473',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd473; $custom-light: #f5e19d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd473",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 212,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.705,
"s": 77.215,
"l": 69.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87098,
"c": 0.12066,
"h": 95.2
},
"luminance": 0.66329
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD473
secondary
#3F5AC6
accent
#36D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F