#EDD45B#EDD45B

#EDD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD45B
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -5.23, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 61.63, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0189 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3594, 65.8496, 19.4264)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD45B #5B74ED

analogous

#ED8B5B #EDD45B #BDED5B

triadic

#EDD45B #5BEDD4 #D45BED

tetradic

#EDD45B #5BED8B #5B74ED #ED5BBD

square

#EDD45B #5BED8B #5B74ED #ED5BBD

split-complementary

#EDD45B #5BBDED #8B5BED

monochromatic

#B99D14 #E7C624 #EDD45B #F3E292 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EDD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD45B

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD45B	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)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08e',
    500: '#edd45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd45b;
$custom-light: #f6e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86824,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD45B

secondary

#344AB8

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD45B

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

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