#EDD871#EDD871

#EDD871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD871
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -5.64, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 53.14, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0176 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(62.4637, 68.3110, 25.5147)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD871 #7186ED

analogous

#ED9A71 #EDD871 #C4ED71

triadic

#EDD871 #71EDD8 #D871ED

tetradic

#EDD871 #71ED9A #7186ED #ED71C4

square

#EDD871 #71ED9A #7186ED #ED71C4

split-complementary

#EDD871 #71C4ED #9A71ED

monochromatic

#CAAC1A #E6C93B #EDD871 #F4E7A7 #FBF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#EDD871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD871

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD871	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e39c',
    500: '#edd871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd871;
$custom-light: #f5e39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87879,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.68309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD871

secondary

#3D54C5

accent

#2FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD871

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

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