#EDD262#EDD262

#EDD262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD262
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -3.74, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 57.94, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0138 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.1787, 64.9823, 20.9259)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD262 #627DED

analogous

#ED8C62 #EDD262 #C3ED62

triadic

#EDD262 #62EDD2 #D262ED

tetradic

#EDD262 #62ED8C #627DED #ED62C3

square

#EDD262 #62ED8C #627DED #ED62C3

split-complementary

#EDD262 #62C3ED #8C62ED

monochromatic

#BF9E16 #E7C22B #EDD262 #F3E299 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EDD262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD262

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD262	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df92',
    500: '#edd262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd262;
$custom-light: #f6df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86493,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD262

secondary

#3650BD

accent

#33DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD262

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

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