#EDD169#EDD169

#EDD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD169
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -2.71, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 54.46, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.01 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2777, 64.6281, 22.6613)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD169 #6985ED

analogous

#ED8F69 #EDD169 #C7ED69

triadic

#EDD169 #69EDD1 #D169ED

tetradic

#EDD169 #69ED8F #6985ED #ED69C7

square

#EDD169 #69ED8F #6985ED #ED69C7

split-complementary

#EDD169 #69C7ED #8F69ED

monochromatic

#C49F18 #E6C032 #EDD169 #F4E2A0 #FAF3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#EDD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD169

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD169	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de97',
    500: '#edd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd169;
$custom-light: #f6de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86371,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD169

secondary

#3855C2

accent

#37DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD169

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

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