#EDD36E#EDD36E
#EDD36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.125 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 211, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 78%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 53.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.85, -3.34, 52.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.85, 52.81, 93.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.83% -0.0113 0.1241) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.83% 0.125 95.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.0360, 65.7215, 24.2193) |
| Luminance | 0.6572 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.87
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.85
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.28
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.28
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD36E #6E88ED
analogous
#ED946E #EDD36E #C7ED6E
triadic
#EDD36E #6EEDD3 #D36EED
tetradic
#EDD36E #6EED94 #6E88ED #ED6EC7
square
#EDD36E #6EED94 #6E88ED #ED6EC7
split-complementary
#EDD36E #6EC7ED #946EED
monochromatic
#C8A419 #E6C238 #EDD36E #F4E4A4 #FBF4DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#EDD36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.14
#EDD36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD36E
14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD36E | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CF65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD772
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDC6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 211, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.125 95.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e09a',
500: '#edd36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd36e; $custom-light: #f5e09a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 211,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.717,
"s": 77.914,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86833,
"c": 0.1246,
"h": 95.2
},
"luminance": 0.65719
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD36E
secondary
#3A57C5
accent
#36DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F