#EDD556#EDD556

#EDD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.147 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD556
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -6.04, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 64.06, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0218 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.147 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4016, 66.2677, 18.4117)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD556 #566EED

analogous

#ED8956 #EDD556 #B9ED56

triadic

#EDD556 #56EDD5 #D556ED

tetradic

#EDD556 #56ED89 #566EED #ED56B9

square

#EDD556 #56ED89 #566EED #ED56B9

split-complementary

#EDD556 #56B9ED #8956ED

monochromatic

#B59C13 #E7C71F #EDD556 #F3E38D #F9F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#EDD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD556

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD556	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.147 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e18b',
    500: '#edd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd556;
$custom-light: #f6e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86979,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD556

secondary

#3247B5

accent

#2ADD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD556

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

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