#EDD257#EDD257

#EDD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.143 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD257
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -4.46, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 62.69, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0171 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.143 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6946, 64.7887, 18.3761)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD257 #5772ED

analogous

#ED8757 #EDD257 #BDED57

triadic

#EDD257 #57EDD2 #D257ED

tetradic

#EDD257 #57ED87 #5772ED #ED57BD

square

#EDD257 #57ED87 #5772ED #ED57BD

split-complementary

#EDD257 #57BDED #8757ED

monochromatic

#B69914 #E7C320 #EDD257 #F3E18E #F9F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EDD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD257

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD257	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.143 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df8b',
    500: '#edd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd257;
$custom-light: #f6df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86382,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD257

secondary

#334AB6

accent

#2FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD257

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

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