#EDD974#EDD974

#EDD974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.124 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD974
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -5.90, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 52.10, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.018 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.124 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8923, 68.8936, 26.5045)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD974 #7488ED

analogous

#ED9D74 #EDD974 #C4ED74

triadic

#EDD974 #74EDD9 #D974ED

tetradic

#EDD974 #74ED9D #7488ED #ED74C4

square

#EDD974 #74ED9D #7488ED #ED74C4

split-complementary

#EDD974 #74C4ED #9D74ED

monochromatic

#CCAF1A #E6CA3E #EDD974 #F4E8AA #FBF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EDD974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD974

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD974	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.124 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49e',
    500: '#edd974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd974;
$custom-light: #f5e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88119,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD974

secondary

#3F56C6

accent

#2ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD974

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

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