#EDD97A#EDD97A

#EDD97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.118 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97A
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 48.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -5.38, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 49.27, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0159 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.118 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2527, 69.0377, 28.4023)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97A #7A8EED

analogous

#ED9F7A #EDD97A #C8ED7A

triadic

#EDD97A #7AEDD9 #D97AED

tetradic

#EDD97A #7AED9F #7A8EED #ED7AC8

square

#EDD97A #7AED9F #7A8EED #ED7AC8

split-complementary

#EDD97A #7AC8ED #9F7AED

monochromatic

#D0B11C #E6CA44 #EDD97A #F4E8B0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EDD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97A	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.118 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a2',
    500: '#edd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97a;
$custom-light: #f5e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88199,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97A

secondary

#455BC6

accent

#30D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97A

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

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