#EDD97E#EDD97E

#EDD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.114 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97E
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -5.01, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 47.36, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0144 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.114 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5056, 69.1389, 29.7346)
Luminance	0.6914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97E #7E92ED

analogous

#EDA17E #EDD97E #C9ED7E

triadic

#EDD97E #7EEDD9 #D97EED

tetradic

#EDD97E #7EEDA1 #7E92ED #ED7EC9

square

#EDD97E #7EEDA1 #7E92ED #ED7EC9

split-complementary

#EDD97E #7EC9ED #A17EED

monochromatic

#D3B21D #E6C948 #EDD97E #F4E9B4 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#EDD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97E

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97E	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.114 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a5',
    500: '#edd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97e;
$custom-light: #f5e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88255,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97E

secondary

#485FC7

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97E

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

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