#EDD55C#EDD55C

#EDD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55C
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -5.67, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 61.52, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.02 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6536, 66.3685, 19.7387)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55C #5C74ED

analogous

#ED8D5C #EDD55C #BDED5C

triadic

#EDD55C #5CEDD5 #D55CED

tetradic

#EDD55C #5CED8D #5C74ED #ED5CBD

square

#EDD55C #5CED8D #5C74ED #ED5CBD

split-complementary

#EDD55C #5CBDED #8D5CED

monochromatic

#BA9F15 #E7C725 #EDD55C #F3E393 #F9F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#EDD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55C

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55C	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)

#E8D04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e18f',
    500: '#edd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55c;
$custom-light: #f6e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87036,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55C

secondary

#344AB9

accent

#2CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55C

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

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