#EDD972#EDD972

#EDD972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.126 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD972
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -6.07, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 53.03, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0187 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.126 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7772, 68.8476, 25.8984)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD972 #7286ED

analogous

#ED9C72 #EDD972 #C4ED72

triadic

#EDD972 #72EDD9 #D972ED

tetradic

#EDD972 #72ED9C #7286ED #ED72C4

square

#EDD972 #72ED9C #7286ED #ED72C4

split-complementary

#EDD972 #72C4ED #9C72ED

monochromatic

#CBAE1A #E6CA3C #EDD972 #F4E8A8 #FBF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EDD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD972

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD972	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.126 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49d',
    500: '#edd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd972;
$custom-light: #f5e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88094,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD972

secondary

#3E54C6

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD972

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

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