#EDD253#EDD253

#EDD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.146 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD253
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -4.70, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 64.35, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0183 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.146 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5357, 64.7251, 17.5392)
Luminance	0.6472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD253 #536EED

analogous

#ED8553 #EDD253 #BBED53

triadic

#EDD253 #53EDD2 #D253ED

tetradic

#EDD253 #53ED85 #536EED #ED53BB

square

#EDD253 #53ED85 #536EED #ED53BB

split-complementary

#EDD253 #53BBED #8553ED

monochromatic

#B39713 #E7C41C #EDD253 #F3E08A #F9EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#EDD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD253

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD253	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df89',
    500: '#edd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd253;
$custom-light: #f6df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86345,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD253

secondary

#3148B3

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD253

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

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