#EDD362#EDD362

#EDD362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.135 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD362
RGB	rgb(237, 211, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -4.25, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 58.26, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0152 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.135 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4264, 65.4777, 21.0085)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD362 #627CED

analogous

#ED8D62 #EDD362 #C1ED62

triadic

#EDD362 #62EDD3 #D362ED

tetradic

#EDD362 #62ED8D #627CED #ED62C1

square

#EDD362 #62ED8D #627CED #ED62C1

split-complementary

#EDD362 #62C1ED #8D62ED

monochromatic

#BF9F16 #E7C42B #EDD362 #F3E299 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#EDD362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD362

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD362	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.135 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e092',
    500: '#edd362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd362;
$custom-light: #f6e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86694,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD362

secondary

#364FBD

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD362

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

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