#EDD55D#EDD55D

#EDD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55D
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -5.60, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 61.09, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0197 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.6976, 66.3861, 19.9704)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55D #5D75ED

analogous

#ED8D5D #EDD55D #BDED5D

triadic

#EDD55D #5DEDD5 #D55DED

tetradic

#EDD55D #5DED8D #5D75ED #ED5DBD

square

#EDD55D #5DED8D #5D75ED #ED5DBD

split-complementary

#EDD55D #5DBDED #8D5DED

monochromatic

#BB9F15 #E7C726 #EDD55D #F3E394 #F9F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EDD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55D

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55D	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e18f',
    500: '#edd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55d;
$custom-light: #f6e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87046,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.66383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55D

secondary

#344BBA

accent

#2CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55D

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

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