#EDD356#EDD356

#EDD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD356
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -5.03, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 63.42, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0189 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.145 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.9017, 65.2678, 18.2450)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD356 #5670ED

analogous

#ED8756 #EDD356 #BBED56

triadic

#EDD356 #56EDD3 #D356ED

tetradic

#EDD356 #56ED87 #5670ED #ED56BB

square

#EDD356 #56ED87 #5670ED #ED56BB

split-complementary

#EDD356 #56BBED #8756ED

monochromatic

#B59913 #E7C51F #EDD356 #F3E18D #F9F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#EDD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD356

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD356	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)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08b',
    500: '#edd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd356;
$custom-light: #f6e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86574,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD356

secondary

#3249B5

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD356

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

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