#EDD46D#EDD46D
#EDD46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.126 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD46D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 212, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 78%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.10, -3.93, 53.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.10, 53.61, 94.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.02% -0.0131 0.1256) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.02% 0.126 96) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.2311, 66.1983, 24.0173) |
| Luminance | 0.6620 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.76
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.87
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.03
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.13
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.60
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD46D #6D86ED
analogous
#ED946D #EDD46D #C6ED6D
triadic
#EDD46D #6DEDD4 #D46DED
tetradic
#EDD46D #6DED94 #6D86ED #ED6DC6
square
#EDD46D #6DED94 #6D86ED #ED6DC6
split-complementary
#EDD46D #6DC6ED #946DED
monochromatic
#C7A519 #E6C437 #EDD46D #F4E4A3 #FAF4DA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#EDD46D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.24
#EDD46D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD46D
14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD46D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD46D | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.24 | 14.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D063
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDC7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd46d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.126 96.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e199',
500: '#edd46d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd46d; $custom-light: #f5e199; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd46d",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 212,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.281,
"s": 78.049,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87022,
"c": 0.12632,
"h": 96
},
"luminance": 0.66196
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD46D
secondary
#3A55C5
accent
#34DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F