#EDD976#EDD976

#EDD976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.122 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD976
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -5.73, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 51.16, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0173 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.122 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0099, 68.9406, 27.1238)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD976 #768AED

analogous

#ED9E76 #EDD976 #C6ED76

triadic

#EDD976 #76EDD9 #D976ED

tetradic

#EDD976 #76ED9E #768AED #ED76C6

square

#EDD976 #76ED9E #768AED #ED76C6

split-complementary

#EDD976 #76C6ED #9E76ED

monochromatic

#CEB01B #E6CA40 #EDD976 #F4E8AC #FBF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#EDD976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD976

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD976	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.122 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a0',
    500: '#edd976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd976;
$custom-light: #f5e4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 76.774,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88145,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD976

secondary

#4158C6

accent

#2FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD976

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

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