#EDD35F#EDD35F

#EDD35F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD35F
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -4.45, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 59.58, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0162 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2874, 65.4221, 20.2764)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD35F #5F79ED

analogous

#ED8C5F #EDD35F #C0ED5F

triadic

#EDD35F #5FEDD3 #D35FED

tetradic

#EDD35F #5FED8C #5F79ED #ED5FC0

square

#EDD35F #5FED8C #5F79ED #ED5FC0

split-complementary

#EDD35F #5FC0ED #8C5FED

monochromatic

#BC9E15 #E7C428 #EDD35F #F3E296 #F9F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#EDD35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD35F

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD35F	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)

#E6CE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e090',
    500: '#edd35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd35f;
$custom-light: #f6e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86662,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD35F

secondary

#354EBB

accent

#30DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD35F

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

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