#EDD55B#EDD55B

#EDD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55B
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -5.73, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 61.95, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0203 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6102, 66.3511, 19.5100)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55B #5B73ED

analogous

#ED8C5B #EDD55B #BCED5B

triadic

#EDD55B #5BEDD5 #D55BED

tetradic

#EDD55B #5BED8C #5B73ED #ED5BBC

square

#EDD55B #5BED8C #5B73ED #ED5BBC

split-complementary

#EDD55B #5BBCED #8C5BED

monochromatic

#B99E14 #E7C724 #EDD55B #F3E392 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#EDD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55B

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55B	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e18e',
    500: '#edd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55b;
$custom-light: #f6e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87027,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55B

secondary

#344AB8

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55B

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

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