#EDD468#EDD468

#EDD468 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD468
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -4.32, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 55.89, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0148 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.131 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9696, 66.0936, 22.6399)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD468 #6881ED

analogous

#ED9268 #EDD468 #C3ED68

triadic

#EDD468 #68EDD4 #D468ED

tetradic

#EDD468 #68ED92 #6881ED #ED68C3

square

#EDD468 #68ED92 #6881ED #ED68C3

split-complementary

#EDD468 #68C3ED #9268ED

monochromatic

#C3A317 #E6C431 #EDD468 #F4E49F #FAF3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#EDD468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD468

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD468	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.131 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e096',
    500: '#edd468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd468;
$custom-light: #f6e096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86963,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD468

secondary

#3852C1

accent

#32DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD468

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

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