#EDD877#EDD877

#EDD877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.120 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD877
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -5.13, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 50.33, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0155 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.12 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8127, 68.4506, 27.3528)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD877 #778CED

analogous

#ED9D77 #EDD877 #C7ED77

triadic

#EDD877 #77EDD8 #D877ED

tetradic

#EDD877 #77ED9D #778CED #ED77C7

square

#EDD877 #77ED9D #778CED #ED77C7

split-complementary

#EDD877 #77C7ED #9D77ED

monochromatic

#CEAE1B #E6C941 #EDD877 #F4E7AD #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#EDD877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD877

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD877	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.120 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e3a0',
    500: '#edd877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd877;
$custom-light: #f5e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87956,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD877

secondary

#425AC6

accent

#31D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD877

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

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