#EDD97C#EDD97C

#EDD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.116 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97C
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 47.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -5.19, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 48.32, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0151 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.116 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3779, 69.0878, 29.0617)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97C #7C90ED

analogous

#EDA07C #EDD97C #C8ED7C

triadic

#EDD97C #7CEDD9 #D97CED

tetradic

#EDD97C #7CEDA0 #7C90ED #ED7CC8

square

#EDD97C #7CEDA0 #7C90ED #ED7CC8

split-complementary

#EDD97C #7CC8ED #A07CED

monochromatic

#D2B21D #E6C946 #EDD97C #F4E9B2 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EDD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97C

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97C	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.116 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a4',
    500: '#edd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97c;
$custom-light: #f5e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88226,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97C

secondary

#475DC7

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97C

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

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