#EDD45F#EDD45F

#EDD45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD45F
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -4.96, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 59.90, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0177 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5366, 65.9205, 20.3595)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD45F #5F78ED

analogous

#ED8D5F #EDD45F #BFED5F

triadic

#EDD45F #5FEDD4 #D45FED

tetradic

#EDD45F #5FED8D #5F78ED #ED5FBF

square

#EDD45F #5FED8D #5F78ED #ED5FBF

split-complementary

#EDD45F #5FBFED #8D5FED

monochromatic

#BC9F15 #E7C528 #EDD45F #F3E396 #F9F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#EDD45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD45F

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD45F	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)

#E7CF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e090',
    500: '#edd45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd45f;
$custom-light: #f6e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86864,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD45F

secondary

#354DBB

accent

#2FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD45F

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

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