#EDD04D#EDD04D

#EDD04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.149 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD04D
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -4.02, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 66.17, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.017 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.149 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8233, 63.6551, 16.2080)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD04D #4D6AED

analogous

#ED804D #EDD04D #BAED4D

triadic

#EDD04D #4DEDD0 #D04DED

tetradic

#EDD04D #4DED80 #4D6AED #ED4DBA

square

#EDD04D #4DED80 #4D6AED #ED4DBA

split-complementary

#EDD04D #4DBAED #804DED

monochromatic

#AE9212 #E6C017 #EDD04D #F3DF85 #F8EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EDD04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#EDD04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD04D

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD04D	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)

#E4CB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.149 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de85',
    500: '#edd04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd04d;
$custom-light: #f7de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.125,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8589,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD04D

secondary

#3047AF

accent

#2EDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD04D

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

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