#EDD479#EDD479

#EDD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.115 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD479
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -2.92, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 47.98, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0089 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.115 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9217, 66.4745, 27.6546)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD479 #7992ED

analogous

#ED9A79 #EDD479 #CCED79

triadic

#EDD479 #79EDD4 #D479ED

tetradic

#EDD479 #79ED9A #7992ED #ED79CC

square

#EDD479 #79ED9A #7992ED #ED79CC

split-complementary

#EDD479 #79CCED #9A79ED

monochromatic

#D0A91C #E6C343 #EDD479 #F4E5AF #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EDD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD479

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD479	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)

#E5D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.115 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a1',
    500: '#edd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd479;
$custom-light: #f5e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87179,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD479

secondary

#4460C6

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD479

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

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