#EDD15B#EDD15B

#EDD15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD15B
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -3.70, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 60.68, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0145 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(59.6164, 64.3636, 19.1787)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD15B #5B77ED

analogous

#ED885B #EDD15B #C0ED5B

triadic

#EDD15B #5BEDD1 #D15BED

tetradic

#EDD15B #5BED88 #5B77ED #ED5BC0

square

#EDD15B #5BED88 #5B77ED #ED5BC0

split-complementary

#EDD15B #5BC0ED #885BED

monochromatic

#B99A14 #E7C224 #EDD15B #F3E092 #F9F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#EDD15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD15B

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD15B	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)

#E4CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de8e',
    500: '#edd15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd15b;
$custom-light: #f6de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86219,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.64361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD15B

secondary

#344DB8

accent

#32DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD15B

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

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