#EDD465#EDD465

#EDD465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD465
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -4.54, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 57.25, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0158 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8199, 66.0338, 21.8516)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD465 #657EED

analogous

#ED9065 #EDD465 #C2ED65

triadic

#EDD465 #65EDD4 #D465ED

tetradic

#EDD465 #65ED90 #657EED #ED65C2

square

#EDD465 #65ED90 #657EED #ED65C2

split-complementary

#EDD465 #65C2ED #9065ED

monochromatic

#C1A217 #E7C52E #EDD465 #F3E39C #FAF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#EDD465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD465

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD465	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e094',
    500: '#edd465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd465;
$custom-light: #f6e094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86929,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD465

secondary

#3750BF

accent

#31DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD465

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

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