#EDD360#EDD360
#EDD360 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD360 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 211, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.5%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.71, -4.39, 58.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.71, 59.14, 94.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.67% -0.0159 0.1361) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.67% 0.137 96.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.3331, 65.4404, 20.5173) |
| Luminance | 0.6544 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.27
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.79
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.01
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.11
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.15
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD360 #607AED
analogous
#ED8C60 #EDD360 #C1ED60
triadic
#EDD360 #60EDD3 #D360ED
tetradic
#EDD360 #60ED8C #607AED #ED60C1
square
#EDD360 #60ED8C #607AED #ED60C1
split-complementary
#EDD360 #60C1ED #8C60ED
monochromatic
#BD9E15 #E7C429 #EDD360 #F3E297 #F9F1CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#EDD360 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.09
#EDD360 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD360
14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD360 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD360 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.09 | 14.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CF54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD765
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEC5BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd360; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.137 96.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6e091',
500: '#edd360',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd360; $custom-light: #f6e091; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd360",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 211,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.936,
"s": 79.661,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86673,
"c": 0.13699,
"h": 96.7
},
"luminance": 0.65438
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD360
secondary
#354EBC
accent
#30DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F