#EDD970#EDD970

#EDD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD970
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -6.23, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 53.96, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0194 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6646, 68.8025, 25.3055)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD970 #7084ED

analogous

#ED9A70 #EDD970 #C2ED70

triadic

#EDD970 #70EDD9 #D970ED

tetradic

#EDD970 #70ED9A #7084ED #ED70C2

square

#EDD970 #70ED9A #7084ED #ED70C2

split-complementary

#EDD970 #70C2ED #9A70ED

monochromatic

#C9AD19 #E6CB3A #EDD970 #F4E7A6 #FBF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EDD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD970

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD970	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49c',
    500: '#edd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd970;
$custom-light: #f5e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88069,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD970

secondary

#3C52C5

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD970

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

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