#EDD679#EDD679

#EDD679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.116 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD679
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -3.94, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 48.67, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0118 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.116 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4248, 67.4806, 27.8223)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD679 #7990ED

analogous

#ED9C79 #EDD679 #CAED79

triadic

#EDD679 #79EDD6 #D679ED

tetradic

#EDD679 #79ED9C #7990ED #ED79CA

square

#EDD679 #79ED9C #7990ED #ED79CA

split-complementary

#EDD679 #79CAED #9C79ED

monochromatic

#D0AC1C #E6C543 #EDD679 #F4E7AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#EDD679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD679

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD679	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.116 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e2a1',
    500: '#edd679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd679;
$custom-light: #f5e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8758,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD679

secondary

#445EC6

accent

#35D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD679

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

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