#EDD357#EDD357

#EDD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD357
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -4.97, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 63.01, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0186 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.144 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9422, 65.2840, 18.4587)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD357 #5771ED

analogous

#ED8857 #EDD357 #BCED57

triadic

#EDD357 #57EDD3 #D357ED

tetradic

#EDD357 #57ED88 #5771ED #ED57BC

square

#EDD357 #57ED88 #5771ED #ED57BC

split-complementary

#EDD357 #57BCED #8857ED

monochromatic

#B69A14 #E7C520 #EDD357 #F3E18E #F9F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#EDD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD357

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD357	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08b',
    500: '#edd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd357;
$custom-light: #f6e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86584,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD357

secondary

#3349B6

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD357

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

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