#EDD355#EDD355

#EDD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD355
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -5.09, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 63.84, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0192 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.146 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.8617, 65.2518, 18.0343)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD355 #556FED

analogous

#ED8755 #EDD355 #BBED55

triadic

#EDD355 #55EDD3 #D355ED

tetradic

#EDD355 #55ED87 #556FED #ED55BB

square

#EDD355 #55ED87 #556FED #ED55BB

split-complementary

#EDD355 #55BBED #8755ED

monochromatic

#B49913 #E7C51E #EDD355 #F3E18C #F9F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#EDD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD355

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD355	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.146 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08a',
    500: '#edd355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd355;
$custom-light: #f6e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86565,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD355

secondary

#3248B4

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD355

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

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