#EDD165#EDD165

#EDD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.131 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD165
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -3.01, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 56.27, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0114 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.131 95)
XYZ	xyz(60.0769, 64.5478, 21.6039)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD165 #6581ED

analogous

#ED8D65 #EDD165 #C5ED65

triadic

#EDD165 #65EDD1 #D165ED

tetradic

#EDD165 #65ED8D #6581ED #ED65C5

square

#EDD165 #65ED8D #6581ED #ED65C5

split-complementary

#EDD165 #65C5ED #8D65ED

monochromatic

#C19E17 #E7C12E #EDD165 #F3E19C #FAF2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#EDD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD165

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD165	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.131 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de94',
    500: '#edd165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd165;
$custom-light: #f6de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86325,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.64545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD165

secondary

#3753BF

accent

#35DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD165

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

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