#EDD14D#EDD14D

#EDD14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.150 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD14D
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -4.53, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 66.47, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0184 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.15 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.0679, 64.1442, 16.2895)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD14D #4D69ED

analogous

#ED814D #EDD14D #B9ED4D

triadic

#EDD14D #4DEDD1 #D14DED

tetradic

#EDD14D #4DED81 #4D69ED #ED4DB9

square

#EDD14D #4DED81 #4D69ED #ED4DB9

split-complementary

#EDD14D #4DB9ED #814DED

monochromatic

#AE9312 #E6C117 #EDD14D #F3DF85 #F8EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EDD14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#EDD14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD14D

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD14D	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.150 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de85',
    500: '#edd14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd14d;
$custom-light: #f7de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86092,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD14D

secondary

#3046AF

accent

#2DDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD14D

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

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