#EDD45A#EDD45A

#EDD45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD45A
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -5.29, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 62.06, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0192 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3166, 65.8324, 19.2007)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD45A #5A73ED

analogous

#ED8B5A #EDD45A #BDED5A

triadic

#EDD45A #5AEDD4 #D45AED

tetradic

#EDD45A #5AED8B #5A73ED #ED5ABD

square

#EDD45A #5AED8B #5A73ED #ED5ABD

split-complementary

#EDD45A #5ABDED #8B5AED

monochromatic

#B89D14 #E7C623 #EDD45A #F3E291 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EDD45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD45A

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD45A	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08d',
    500: '#edd45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd45a;
$custom-light: #f6e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86814,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD45A

secondary

#334AB8

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD45A

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

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