#EDD05B#EDD05B

#EDD05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD05B
RGB	rgb(237, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -3.19, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 60.37, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.013 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.3719, 63.8745, 19.0972)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD05B #5B78ED

analogous

#ED875B #EDD05B #C1ED5B

triadic

#EDD05B #5BEDD0 #D05BED

tetradic

#EDD05B #5BED87 #5B78ED #ED5BC1

square

#EDD05B #5BED87 #5B78ED #ED5BC1

split-complementary

#EDD05B #5BC1ED #875BED

monochromatic

#B99914 #E7C024 #EDD05B #F3E092 #F9F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EDD05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#EDD05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD05B

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD05B	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8e',
    500: '#edd05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd05b;
$custom-light: #f6de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86017,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD05B

secondary

#344EB8

accent

#33DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD05B

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

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