#EDD155#EDD155

#EDD155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.144 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD155
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -4.07, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 63.22, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0163 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.144 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3679, 64.2642, 17.8697)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD155 #5571ED

analogous

#ED8555 #EDD155 #BDED55

triadic

#EDD155 #55EDD1 #D155ED

tetradic

#EDD155 #55ED85 #5571ED #ED55BD

square

#EDD155 #55ED85 #5571ED #ED55BD

split-complementary

#EDD155 #55BDED #8555ED

monochromatic

#B49713 #E7C21E #EDD155 #F3E08C #F9EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EDD155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#EDD155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD155

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD155	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.144 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8a',
    500: '#edd155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd155;
$custom-light: #f6de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86161,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD155

secondary

#324AB4

accent

#30DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD155

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

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