#EDD57A#EDD57A

#EDD57A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.115 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD57A
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 122)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 48.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -3.34, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 47.85, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.01 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.115 95)
XYZ	xyz(62.2341, 67.0007, 28.0628)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD57A #7A92ED

analogous

#ED9B7A #EDD57A #CCED7A

triadic

#EDD57A #7AEDD5 #D57AED

tetradic

#EDD57A #7AED9B #7A92ED #ED7ACC

square

#EDD57A #7AED9B #7A92ED #ED7ACC

split-complementary

#EDD57A #7ACCED #9B7AED

monochromatic

#D0AB1C #E6C444 #EDD57A #F4E6B0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#EDD57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD57A

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD57A	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.115 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1a2',
    500: '#edd57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd57a;
$custom-light: #f5e1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87393,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.66998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD57A

secondary

#4560C6

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD57A

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

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