#EDD772#EDD772

#EDD772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.124 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD772
RGB	rgb(237, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -5.05, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 52.32, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0158 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.124 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2649, 67.8228, 25.7276)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD772 #7288ED

analogous

#ED9A72 #EDD772 #C6ED72

triadic

#EDD772 #72EDD7 #D772ED

tetradic

#EDD772 #72ED9A #7288ED #ED72C6

square

#EDD772 #72ED9A #7288ED #ED72C6

split-complementary

#EDD772 #72C6ED #9A72ED

monochromatic

#CBAB1A #E6C83C #EDD772 #F4E6A8 #FBF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EDD772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD772

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD772	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.124 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e39d',
    500: '#edd772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd772;
$custom-light: #f5e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87689,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD772

secondary

#3E56C6

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD772

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

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