#EDD35B#EDD35B

#EDD35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD35B
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -4.72, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 61.31, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0174 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1102, 65.3512, 19.3433)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD35B #5B75ED

analogous

#ED8A5B #EDD35B #BEED5B

triadic

#EDD35B #5BEDD3 #D35BED

tetradic

#EDD35B #5BED8A #5B75ED #ED5BBE

square

#EDD35B #5BED8A #5B75ED #ED5BBE

split-complementary

#EDD35B #5BBEED #8A5BED

monochromatic

#B99C14 #E7C424 #EDD35B #F3E292 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#EDD35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD35B

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD35B	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08e',
    500: '#edd35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd35b;
$custom-light: #f6e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86622,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD35B

secondary

#344BB8

accent

#2FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD35B

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

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