#EDD15F#EDD15F
#EDD15F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.136 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD15F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 209, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.9%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.19, -3.43, 58.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.19, 58.94, 93.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.26% -0.0133 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.26% 0.136 95.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7936, 64.4345, 20.1118) |
| Luminance | 0.6443 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.96
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.30
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.17
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.25
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.37
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD15F #5F7BED
analogous
#ED8A5F #EDD15F #C2ED5F
triadic
#EDD15F #5FEDD1 #D15FED
tetradic
#EDD15F #5FED8A #5F7BED #ED5FC2
square
#EDD15F #5FED8A #5F7BED #ED5FC2
split-complementary
#EDD15F #5FC2ED #8A5FED
monochromatic
#BC9B15 #E7C128 #EDD15F #F3E196 #F9F1CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#EDD15F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.89
#EDD15F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD15F
13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD15F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD15F | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.89 | 13.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CD53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD664
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEC3B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd15f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.136 95.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6de90',
500: '#edd15f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd15f; $custom-light: #f6de90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd15f",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 209,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.169,
"s": 79.775,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8626,
"c": 0.1363,
"h": 95.6
},
"luminance": 0.64432
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD15F
secondary
#354FBB
accent
#33DC09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F