#EDD04C#EDD04C

#EDD04C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.150 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD04C
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -4.07, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 66.56, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0173 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.15 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7883, 63.6411, 16.0235)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD04C #4C69ED

analogous

#ED804C #EDD04C #B9ED4C

triadic

#EDD04C #4CEDD0 #D04CED

tetradic

#EDD04C #4CED80 #4C69ED #ED4CB9

square

#EDD04C #4CED80 #4C69ED #ED4CB9

split-complementary

#EDD04C #4CB9ED #804CED

monochromatic

#AD9111 #E5C017 #EDD04C #F3DF84 #F8EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EDD04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#EDD04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD04C

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD04C	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.150 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de85',
    500: '#edd04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd04c;
$custom-light: #f7de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.193,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85882,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD04C

secondary

#2F46AE

accent

#2EDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD04C

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

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