#EDD975#EDD975

#EDD975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.123 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD975
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -5.81, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 51.63, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0177 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.123 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9508, 68.9170, 26.8125)
Luminance	0.6892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD975 #7589ED

analogous

#ED9D75 #EDD975 #C5ED75

triadic

#EDD975 #75EDD9 #D975ED

tetradic

#EDD975 #75ED9D #7589ED #ED75C5

square

#EDD975 #75ED9D #7589ED #ED75C5

split-complementary

#EDD975 #75C5ED #9D75ED

monochromatic

#CDAF1B #E6CA3F #EDD975 #F4E8AB #FBF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EDD975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD975

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD975	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)

#EAD46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.123 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49f',
    500: '#edd975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd975;
$custom-light: #f5e49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88132,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD975

secondary

#4057C6

accent

#2ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD975

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

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