#EDD157#EDD157

#EDD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD157
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -3.95, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 62.39, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0157 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4485, 64.2965, 18.2941)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD157 #5773ED

analogous

#ED8657 #EDD157 #BEED57

triadic

#EDD157 #57EDD1 #D157ED

tetradic

#EDD157 #57ED86 #5773ED #ED57BE

square

#EDD157 #57ED86 #5773ED #ED57BE

split-complementary

#EDD157 #57BEED #8657ED

monochromatic

#B69814 #E7C220 #EDD157 #F3E08E #F9EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EDD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#EDD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD157

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD157	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8b',
    500: '#edd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd157;
$custom-light: #f6de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8618,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD157

secondary

#334BB6

accent

#30DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD157

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

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