#EDD460#EDD460

#EDD460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD460
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -4.89, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 59.46, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0173 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5823, 65.9388, 20.6004)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD460 #6079ED

analogous

#ED8E60 #EDD460 #BFED60

triadic

#EDD460 #60EDD4 #D460ED

tetradic

#EDD460 #60ED8E #6079ED #ED60BF

square

#EDD460 #60ED8E #6079ED #ED60BF

split-complementary

#EDD460 #60BFED #8E60ED

monochromatic

#BD9F15 #E7C529 #EDD460 #F3E397 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#EDD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD460

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD460	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e091',
    500: '#edd460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd460;
$custom-light: #f6e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86875,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD460

secondary

#354DBC

accent

#2FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD460

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

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