#EDD260#EDD260

#EDD260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.136 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD260
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -3.88, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 58.82, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0144 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.136 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0855, 64.9450, 20.4348)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD260 #607BED

analogous

#ED8C60 #EDD260 #C1ED60

triadic

#EDD260 #60EDD2 #D260ED

tetradic

#EDD260 #60ED8C #607BED #ED60C1

square

#EDD260 #60ED8C #607BED #ED60C1

split-complementary

#EDD260 #60C1ED #8C60ED

monochromatic

#BD9D15 #E7C229 #EDD260 #F3E297 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EDD260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD260

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD260	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.136 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df91',
    500: '#edd260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd260;
$custom-light: #f6df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86471,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD260

secondary

#354FBC

accent

#32DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD260

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

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