#EDD478#EDD478

#EDD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.116 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD478
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -3.01, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 48.45, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0092 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.116 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8607, 66.4501, 27.3333)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD478 #7891ED

analogous

#ED9978 #EDD478 #CCED78

triadic

#EDD478 #78EDD4 #D478ED

tetradic

#EDD478 #78ED99 #7891ED #ED78CC

square

#EDD478 #78ED99 #7891ED #ED78CC

split-complementary

#EDD478 #78CCED #9978ED

monochromatic

#CFA91C #E6C342 #EDD478 #F4E5AE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EDD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD478

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD478	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.116 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a1',
    500: '#edd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd478;
$custom-light: #f5e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87165,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD478

secondary

#435FC6

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD478

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

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