#EDD577#EDD577

#EDD577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.118 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD577
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -3.61, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 49.27, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0111 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.118 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0511, 66.9275, 27.0990)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD577 #778FED

analogous

#ED9A77 #EDD577 #CAED77

triadic

#EDD577 #77EDD5 #D577ED

tetradic

#EDD577 #77ED9A #778FED #ED77CA

square

#EDD577 #77ED9A #778FED #ED77CA

split-complementary

#EDD577 #77CAED #9A77ED

monochromatic

#CEAA1B #E6C441 #EDD577 #F4E6AD #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#EDD577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD577

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD577	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.118 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a0',
    500: '#edd577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd577;
$custom-light: #f5e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87352,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD577

secondary

#425DC6

accent

#36D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD577

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

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