#EDD168#EDD168

#EDD168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD168
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -2.79, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 54.92, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0104 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2266, 64.6077, 22.3922)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD168 #6884ED

analogous

#ED8F68 #EDD168 #C7ED68

triadic

#EDD168 #68EDD1 #D168ED

tetradic

#EDD168 #68ED8F #6884ED #ED68C7

square

#EDD168 #68ED8F #6884ED #ED68C7

split-complementary

#EDD168 #68C7ED #8F68ED

monochromatic

#C39F17 #E6C031 #EDD168 #F4E29F #FAF2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EDD168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD168

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD168	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de96',
    500: '#edd168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd168;
$custom-light: #f6de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86359,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD168

secondary

#3855C1

accent

#36DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD168

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

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