#EDD97D#EDD97D

#EDD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97D
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 47.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -5.10, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 47.84, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0148 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4414, 69.1132, 29.3964)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97D #7D91ED

analogous

#EDA17D #EDD97D #C9ED7D

triadic

#EDD97D #7DEDD9 #D97DED

tetradic

#EDD97D #7DEDA1 #7D91ED #ED7DC9

square

#EDD97D #7DEDA1 #7D91ED #ED7DC9

split-complementary

#EDD97D #7DC9ED #A17DED

monochromatic

#D2B21D #E6C947 #EDD97D #F4E9B3 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EDD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97D

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97D	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)

#E9D575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a4',
    500: '#edd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97d;
$custom-light: #f5e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8824,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97D

secondary

#485EC7

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97D

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

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