#EDD874#EDD874

#EDD874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.123 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD874
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -5.39, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 51.74, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0165 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.123 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6353, 68.3797, 26.4189)
Luminance	0.6838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD874 #7489ED

analogous

#ED9C74 #EDD874 #C6ED74

triadic

#EDD874 #74EDD8 #D874ED

tetradic

#EDD874 #74ED9C #7489ED #ED74C6

square

#EDD874 #74ED9C #7489ED #ED74C6

split-complementary

#EDD874 #74C6ED #9C74ED

monochromatic

#CCAD1A #E6C93E #EDD874 #F4E7AA #FBF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EDD874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD874

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD874	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.123 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e39e',
    500: '#edd874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd874;
$custom-light: #f5e39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87917,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD874

secondary

#3F57C6

accent

#30D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD874

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

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