#EDD256#EDD256

#EDD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD256
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -4.52, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 63.11, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0174 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.144 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6540, 64.7725, 18.1624)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD256 #5671ED

analogous

#ED8656 #EDD256 #BCED56

triadic

#EDD256 #56EDD2 #D256ED

tetradic

#EDD256 #56ED86 #5671ED #ED56BC

square

#EDD256 #56ED86 #5671ED #ED56BC

split-complementary

#EDD256 #56BCED #8656ED

monochromatic

#B59813 #E7C31F #EDD256 #F3E18D #F9EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#EDD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD256

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD256	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	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)

#E6CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df8b',
    500: '#edd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd256;
$custom-light: #f6df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86372,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD256

secondary

#324AB5

accent

#2EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD256

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

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