#EDD477#EDD477

#EDD477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.117 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD477
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -3.10, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 48.93, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0096 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.117 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.8004, 66.4260, 27.0154)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD477 #7790ED

analogous

#ED9977 #EDD477 #CBED77

triadic

#EDD477 #77EDD4 #D477ED

tetradic

#EDD477 #77ED99 #7790ED #ED77CB

square

#EDD477 #77ED99 #7790ED #ED77CB

split-complementary

#EDD477 #77CBED #9977ED

monochromatic

#CEA81B #E6C341 #EDD477 #F4E5AD #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EDD477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD477

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD477	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.117 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a0',
    500: '#edd477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd477;
$custom-light: #f5e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87151,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD477

secondary

#425EC6

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD477

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

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