#EDD057#EDD057

#EDD057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDD057
RGBrgb(237, 208, 87)
HSLhsl(48, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(83.87, -3.44, 61.99)
CIE-LCHlch(83.87, 62.08, 93.18°)
OKLaboklab(85.98% -0.0142 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(85.98% 0.142 95.7)
XYZxyz(59.2039, 63.8073, 18.2126)
Luminance0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDD057 #5774ED
analogous
#ED8557 #EDD057 #BFED57
triadic
#EDD057 #57EDD0 #D057ED
tetradic
#EDD057 #57ED85 #5774ED #ED57BF
square
#EDD057 #57ED85 #5774ED #ED57BF
split-complementary
#EDD057 #57BFED #8557ED
monochromatic
#B69714 #E7C120 #EDD057 #F3DF8E #F9EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#EDD057 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76
#EDD057 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD057
13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDD057#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDD0571.001.5313.7613.76
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7621.001.001.00
##00000013.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CC49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD55D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.142 95.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8b',
    500: '#edd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edd057;
$custom-light: #f6de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85978,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDD057
secondary
#334CB6
accent
#32DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#EDD057 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva