#EDD45C#EDD45C

#EDD45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD45C
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -5.16, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 61.20, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0186 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4028, 65.8670, 19.6551)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD45C #5C75ED

analogous

#ED8C5C #EDD45C #BEED5C

triadic

#EDD45C #5CEDD4 #D45CED

tetradic

#EDD45C #5CED8C #5C75ED #ED5CBE

square

#EDD45C #5CED8C #5C75ED #ED5CBE

split-complementary

#EDD45C #5CBEED #8C5CED

monochromatic

#BA9E15 #E7C525 #EDD45C #F3E393 #F9F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EDD45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD45C

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD45C	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)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08f',
    500: '#edd45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd45c;
$custom-light: #f6e08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86834,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD45C

secondary

#344BB9

accent

#2EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD45C

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

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