#EDD463#EDD463

#EDD463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.135 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD463
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -4.68, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 58.14, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0164 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.135 97)
XYZ	xyz(60.7231, 65.9951, 21.3418)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD463 #637CED

analogous

#ED8F63 #EDD463 #C1ED63

triadic

#EDD463 #63EDD4 #D463ED

tetradic

#EDD463 #63ED8F #637CED #ED63C1

square

#EDD463 #63ED8F #637CED #ED63C1

split-complementary

#EDD463 #63C1ED #8F63ED

monochromatic

#C0A116 #E7C52C #EDD463 #F3E39A #FAF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EDD463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD463

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD463	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.135 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e093',
    500: '#edd463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd463;
$custom-light: #f6e093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86907,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.65992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD463

secondary

#364FBE

accent

#30DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD463

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

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