#EDD162#EDD162

#EDD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.134 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD162
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -3.23, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 57.62, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0123 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.134 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9326, 64.4901, 20.8439)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD162 #627EED

analogous

#ED8B62 #EDD162 #C3ED62

triadic

#EDD162 #62EDD1 #D162ED

tetradic

#EDD162 #62ED8B #627EED #ED62C3

square

#EDD162 #62ED8B #627EED #ED62C3

split-complementary

#EDD162 #62C3ED #8B62ED

monochromatic

#BF9D16 #E7C12B #EDD162 #F3E199 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EDD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD162

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD162	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.134 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de92',
    500: '#edd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd162;
$custom-light: #f6de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86292,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD162

secondary

#3651BD

accent

#34DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD162

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

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