#EDD15E#EDD15E
#EDD15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.137 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD15E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 209, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.18, -3.50, 59.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.18, 59.38, 93.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.25% -0.0136 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.25% 0.137 95.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7484, 64.4165, 19.8740) |
| Luminance | 0.6441 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.96
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.26
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.19
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.21
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.46
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD15E #5E7AED
analogous
#ED8A5E #EDD15E #C1ED5E
triadic
#EDD15E #5EEDD1 #D15EED
tetradic
#EDD15E #5EED8A #5E7AED #ED5EC1
square
#EDD15E #5EED8A #5E7AED #ED5EC1
split-complementary
#EDD15E #5EC1ED #8A5EED
monochromatic
#BC9B15 #E7C127 #EDD15E #F3E195 #F9F0CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#EDD15E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.88
#EDD15E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD15E
13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD15E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD15E | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.88 | 13.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CD52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD663
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEC3B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd15e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.137 95.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6de90',
500: '#edd15e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd15e; $custom-light: #f6de90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd15e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 209,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.252,
"s": 79.888,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86249,
"c": 0.13712,
"h": 95.7
},
"luminance": 0.64414
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD15E
secondary
#354FBA
accent
#33DC09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F