#EDD97B#EDD97B

#EDD97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97B
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 48.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -5.29, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 48.79, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0155 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3149, 69.0627, 28.7303)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97B #7B8FED

analogous

#EDA07B #EDD97B #C8ED7B

triadic

#EDD97B #7BEDD9 #D97BED

tetradic

#EDD97B #7BEDA0 #7B8FED #ED7BC8

square

#EDD97B #7BEDA0 #7B8FED #ED7BC8

split-complementary

#EDD97B #7BC8ED #A07BED

monochromatic

#D1B11D #E6C945 #EDD97B #F4E9B1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EDD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97B

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97B	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)

#E9D573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a3',
    500: '#edd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97b;
$custom-light: #f5e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88212,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97B

secondary

#465CC6

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97B

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

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