#EDD971#EDD971

#EDD971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD971
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -6.15, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 53.50, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.019 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7206, 68.8249, 25.6003)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD971 #7185ED

analogous

#ED9B71 #EDD971 #C3ED71

triadic

#EDD971 #71EDD9 #D971ED

tetradic

#EDD971 #71ED9B #7185ED #ED71C3

square

#EDD971 #71ED9B #7185ED #ED71C3

split-complementary

#EDD971 #71C3ED #9B71ED

monochromatic

#CAAE1A #E6CA3B #EDD971 #F4E8A7 #FBF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EDD971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD971

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD971	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)

#EAD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49c',
    500: '#edd971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd971;
$custom-light: #f5e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88081,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD971

secondary

#3D53C5

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD971

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

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