#EDD778#EDD778

#EDD778 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.118 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD778
RGB	rgb(237, 215, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -4.54, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 49.50, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0137 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.118 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6176, 67.9639, 27.5856)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD778 #788EED

analogous

#ED9C78 #EDD778 #C9ED78

triadic

#EDD778 #78EDD7 #D778ED

tetradic

#EDD778 #78ED9C #788EED #ED78C9

square

#EDD778 #78ED9C #788EED #ED78C9

split-complementary

#EDD778 #78C9ED #9C78ED

monochromatic

#CFAD1C #E6C742 #EDD778 #F4E7AE #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EDD778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD778

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD778	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 215, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.118 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e3a1',
    500: '#edd778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd778;
$custom-light: #f5e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87768,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD778

secondary

#435CC6

accent

#33D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD778

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

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