#EDD553#EDD553

#EDD553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.149 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD553
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -6.22, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 65.29, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0226 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.149 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2833, 66.2203, 17.7884)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD553 #536BED

analogous

#ED8853 #EDD553 #B8ED53

triadic

#EDD553 #53EDD5 #D553ED

tetradic

#EDD553 #53ED88 #536BED #ED53B8

square

#EDD553 #53ED88 #536BED #ED53B8

split-complementary

#EDD553 #53B8ED #8853ED

monochromatic

#B39A13 #E7C71C #EDD553 #F3E38A #F9F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#EDD553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD553

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD553	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)

#E9D043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.149 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e189',
    500: '#edd553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd553;
$custom-light: #f6e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86952,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD553

secondary

#3146B3

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD553

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

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