#EDD453#EDD453
#EDD453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD453 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 212, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 65%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.85, -5.71, 64.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.85, 64.97, 95.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.75% -0.0212 0.1465) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.75% 0.148 98.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.0325, 65.7188, 17.7048) |
| Luminance | 0.6572 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.42
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.96
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.98
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.09
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.17
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD453 #536CED
analogous
#ED8753 #EDD453 #B9ED53
triadic
#EDD453 #53EDD4 #D453ED
tetradic
#EDD453 #53ED87 #536CED #ED53B9
square
#EDD453 #53ED87 #536CED #ED53B9
split-complementary
#EDD453 #53B9ED #8753ED
monochromatic
#B39913 #E7C61C #EDD453 #F3E28A #F9F0C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#EDD453 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.14
#EDD453 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD453
14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD453 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD453 | 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)
#E8CF43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED85A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC5B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd453; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.148 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6e089',
500: '#edd453',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd453; $custom-light: #f6e089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd453",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 212,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.26,
"s": 81.053,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8675,
"c": 0.14799,
"h": 98.2
},
"luminance": 0.65716
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD453
secondary
#3146B3
accent
#2BDD08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F