#EDD45D#EDD45D

#EDD45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.140 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD45D
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -5.10, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 60.77, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0183 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.14 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4468, 65.8846, 19.8868)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD45D #5D76ED

analogous

#ED8C5D #EDD45D #BEED5D

triadic

#EDD45D #5DEDD4 #D45DED

tetradic

#EDD45D #5DED8C #5D76ED #ED5DBE

square

#EDD45D #5DED8C #5D76ED #ED5DBE

split-complementary

#EDD45D #5DBEED #8C5DED

monochromatic

#BB9E15 #E7C526 #EDD45D #F3E394 #F9F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#EDD45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD45D

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD45D	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.140 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e08f',
    500: '#edd45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd45d;
$custom-light: #f6e08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86844,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD45D

secondary

#344CBA

accent

#2EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD45D

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

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