#EDD35E#EDD35E

#EDD35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD35E
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -4.52, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 60.01, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0165 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2422, 65.4040, 20.0386)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD35E #5E78ED

analogous

#ED8C5E #EDD35E #BFED5E

triadic

#EDD35E #5EEDD3 #D35EED

tetradic

#EDD35E #5EED8C #5E78ED #ED5EBF

square

#EDD35E #5EED8C #5E78ED #ED5EBF

split-complementary

#EDD35E #5EBFED #8C5EED

monochromatic

#BC9D15 #E7C427 #EDD35E #F3E295 #F9F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#EDD35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD35E

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD35E	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e090',
    500: '#edd35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd35e;
$custom-light: #f6e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86652,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD35E

secondary

#354DBA

accent

#30DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD35E

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

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