#EDD048#EDD048

#EDD048 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.153 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD048
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -4.27, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 68.11, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0183 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.153 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6535, 63.5872, 15.3137)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD048 #4865ED

analogous

#ED7E48 #EDD048 #B7ED48

triadic

#EDD048 #48EDD0 #D048ED

tetradic

#EDD048 #48ED7E #4865ED #ED48B7

square

#EDD048 #48ED7E #4865ED #ED48B7

split-complementary

#EDD048 #48B7ED #7E48ED

monochromatic

#AA8F11 #E2BE16 #EDD048 #F2DE80 #F8EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EDD048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#EDD048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD048

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD048	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.153 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de83',
    500: '#edd048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd048;
$custom-light: #f7de83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.455,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85851,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD048

secondary

#2E44AB

accent

#2DDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD048

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

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