#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
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -3.44, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 62.08, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0142 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2039, 63.8073, 18.2126)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##EDD057	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EDD057

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

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