#EDD997#EDD997

#EDD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.087 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD997
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -2.42, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 35.13, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0049 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.087 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3250, 69.8667, 39.3167)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD997 #97ABED

analogous

#EDAE97 #EDD997 #D6ED97

triadic

#EDD997 #97EDD9 #D997ED

tetradic

#EDD997 #97EDAE #97ABED #ED97D6

square

#EDD997 #97EDAE #97ABED #ED97D6

split-complementary

#EDD997 #97D6ED #AE97ED

monochromatic

#DBB32F #E4C663 #EDD997 #F6ECCB #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#EDD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD997

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD997	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.087 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b6',
    500: '#edd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd997;
$custom-light: #f4e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88655,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD997

secondary

#5F78C9

accent

#40D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD997

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

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