#EDD579#EDD579

#EDD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.116 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD579
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -3.43, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 48.32, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0103 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.116 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.1725, 66.9760, 27.7382)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD579 #7991ED

analogous

#ED9B79 #EDD579 #CBED79

triadic

#EDD579 #79EDD5 #D579ED

tetradic

#EDD579 #79ED9B #7991ED #ED79CB

square

#EDD579 #79ED9B #7991ED #ED79CB

split-complementary

#EDD579 #79CBED #9B79ED

monochromatic

#D0AA1C #E6C443 #EDD579 #F4E6AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#EDD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD579

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD579	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)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.116 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a1',
    500: '#edd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd579;
$custom-light: #f5e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87379,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD579

secondary

#445FC6

accent

#37D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD579

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

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