#EDD779#EDD779

#EDD779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.117 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD779
RGB	rgb(237, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -4.45, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 49.02, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0133 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.117 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6786, 67.9883, 27.9069)
Luminance	0.6799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD779 #798FED

analogous

#ED9D79 #EDD779 #C9ED79

triadic

#EDD779 #79EDD7 #D779ED

tetradic

#EDD779 #79ED9D #798FED #ED79C9

square

#EDD779 #79ED9D #798FED #ED79C9

split-complementary

#EDD779 #79C9ED #9D79ED

monochromatic

#D0AE1C #E6C743 #EDD779 #F4E7AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EDD779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD779

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD779	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.117 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e3a1',
    500: '#edd779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd779;
$custom-light: #f5e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87782,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD779

secondary

#445DC6

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD779

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

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