#EDD265#EDD265

#EDD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.132 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD265
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -3.52, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 56.59, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0128 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.132 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3230, 65.0401, 21.6859)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD265 #6580ED

analogous

#ED8E65 #EDD265 #C4ED65

triadic

#EDD265 #65EDD2 #D265ED

tetradic

#EDD265 #65ED8E #6580ED #ED65C4

square

#EDD265 #65ED8E #6580ED #ED65C4

split-complementary

#EDD265 #65C4ED #8E65ED

monochromatic

#C19F17 #E7C22E #EDD265 #F3E29C #FAF2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EDD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#EDD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD265

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD265	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.132 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6df94',
    500: '#edd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd265;
$custom-light: #f6df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86526,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD265

secondary

#3752BF

accent

#34DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD265

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

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