#EDD97F#EDD97F

#EDD97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.113 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD97F
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -4.92, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 46.88, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0141 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.113 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5705, 69.1649, 30.0761)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD97F #7F93ED

analogous

#EDA27F #EDD97F #CAED7F

triadic

#EDD97F #7FEDD9 #D97FED

tetradic

#EDD97F #7FEDA2 #7F93ED #ED7FCA

square

#EDD97F #7FEDA2 #7F93ED #ED7FCA

split-complementary

#EDD97F #7FCAED #A27FED

monochromatic

#D4B31E #E5C949 #EDD97F #F5E9B5 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#EDD97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD97F

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD97F	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)

#E9D578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.113 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a6',
    500: '#edd97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd97f;
$custom-light: #f5e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88269,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD97F

secondary

#4960C7

accent

#33D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD97F

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

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