#EDD456#EDD456

#EDD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.146 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD456
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -5.54, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 63.74, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0203 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.146 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.1509, 65.7662, 18.3281)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD456 #566FED

analogous

#ED8856 #EDD456 #BBED56

triadic

#EDD456 #56EDD4 #D456ED

tetradic

#EDD456 #56ED88 #566FED #ED56BB

square

#EDD456 #56ED88 #566FED #ED56BB

split-complementary

#EDD456 #56BBED #8856ED

monochromatic

#B59A13 #E7C61F #EDD456 #F3E28D #F9F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#EDD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD456

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD456	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.146 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08b',
    500: '#edd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd456;
$custom-light: #f6e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86777,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.65763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD456

secondary

#3248B5

accent

#2CDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD456

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

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