#EDD163#EDD163

#EDD163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.133 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD163
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -3.16, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 57.17, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.012 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.133 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9801, 64.5091, 21.0941)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD163 #637FED

analogous

#ED8C63 #EDD163 #C4ED63

triadic

#EDD163 #63EDD1 #D163ED

tetradic

#EDD163 #63ED8C #637FED #ED63C4

square

#EDD163 #63ED8C #637FED #ED63C4

split-complementary

#EDD163 #63C4ED #8C63ED

monochromatic

#C09D16 #E7C12C #EDD163 #F3E19A #FAF1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EDD163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD163

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD163	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)

#E4CD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.133 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de93',
    500: '#edd163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd163;
$custom-light: #f6de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86303,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD163

secondary

#3652BE

accent

#34DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD163

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

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