#EDD04A#EDD04A

#EDD04A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.151 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD04A
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -4.17, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 67.34, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0178 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.151 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7198, 63.6137, 15.6630)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD04A #4A67ED

analogous

#ED7E4A #EDD04A #B8ED4A

triadic

#EDD04A #4AEDD0 #D04AED

tetradic

#EDD04A #4AED7E #4A67ED #ED4AB8

square

#EDD04A #4AED7E #4A67ED #ED4AB8

split-complementary

#EDD04A #4AB8ED #7E4AED

monochromatic

#AC9011 #E3BF17 #EDD04A #F3DE82 #F8EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EDD04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#EDD04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD04A

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD04A	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)

#E4CB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.151 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de84',
    500: '#edd04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd04a;
$custom-light: #f7de84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.325,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85866,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD04A

secondary

#2F45AC

accent

#2DDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD04A

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

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