#EDD159#EDD159

#EDD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD159
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -3.83, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 61.54, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0151 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5313, 64.3296, 18.7304)
Luminance	0.6433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD159 #5975ED

analogous

#ED8759 #EDD159 #BFED59

triadic

#EDD159 #59EDD1 #D159ED

tetradic

#EDD159 #59ED87 #5975ED #ED59BF

square

#EDD159 #59ED87 #5975ED #ED59BF

split-complementary

#EDD159 #59BFED #8759ED

monochromatic

#B89914 #E7C222 #EDD159 #F3E090 #F9F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#EDD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD159

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD159	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8d',
    500: '#edd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd159;
$custom-light: #f6de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86199,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD159

secondary

#334CB7

accent

#31DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD159

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

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