#EDD055#EDD055

#EDD055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.143 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD055
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -3.56, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 62.92, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0148 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.144 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1233, 63.7751, 17.7882)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD055 #5572ED

analogous

#ED8455 #EDD055 #BEED55

triadic

#EDD055 #55EDD0 #D055ED

tetradic

#EDD055 #55ED84 #5572ED #ED55BE

square

#EDD055 #55ED84 #5572ED #ED55BE

split-complementary

#EDD055 #55BEED #8455ED

monochromatic

#B49613 #E7C11E #EDD055 #F3DF8C #F9EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EDD055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#EDD055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD055

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD055	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.143 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8a',
    500: '#edd055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd055;
$custom-light: #f6de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8596,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD055

secondary

#324BB4

accent

#31DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD055

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

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