#EDD359#EDD359

#EDD359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD359
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -4.84, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 62.16, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.018 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.0251, 65.3171, 18.8950)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD359 #5973ED

analogous

#ED8959 #EDD359 #BDED59

triadic

#EDD359 #59EDD3 #D359ED

tetradic

#EDD359 #59ED89 #5973ED #ED59BD

square

#EDD359 #59ED89 #5973ED #ED59BD

split-complementary

#EDD359 #59BDED #8959ED

monochromatic

#B89B14 #E7C422 #EDD359 #F3E290 #F9F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#EDD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD359

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD359	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08d',
    500: '#edd359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd359;
$custom-light: #f6e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86603,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD359

secondary

#334AB7

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD359

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

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