#EDD255#EDD255

#EDD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.145 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD255
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -4.58, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 63.53, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0177 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.145 97)
XYZ	xyz(59.6140, 64.7565, 17.9517)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD255 #5570ED

analogous

#ED8655 #EDD255 #BCED55

triadic

#EDD255 #55EDD2 #D255ED

tetradic

#EDD255 #55ED86 #5570ED #ED55BC

square

#EDD255 #55ED86 #5570ED #ED55BC

split-complementary

#EDD255 #55BCED #8655ED

monochromatic

#B49813 #E7C31E #EDD255 #F3E18C #F9EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EDD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#EDD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD255

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD255	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.145 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df8a',
    500: '#edd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd255;
$custom-light: #f6df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86363,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.64754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD255

secondary

#3249B4

accent

#2EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD255

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

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