#EDD55E#EDD55E

#EDD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.140 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55E
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -5.54, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 60.66, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0194 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.14 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.7422, 66.4039, 20.2052)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55E #5E76ED

analogous

#ED8E5E #EDD55E #BEED5E

triadic

#EDD55E #5EEDD5 #D55EED

tetradic

#EDD55E #5EED8E #5E76ED #ED5EBE

square

#EDD55E #5EED8E #5E76ED #ED5EBE

split-complementary

#EDD55E #5EBEED #8E5EED

monochromatic

#BCA015 #E7C727 #EDD55E #F3E395 #F9F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EDD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55E	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)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.140 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e190',
    500: '#edd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55e;
$custom-light: #f6e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87056,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.66401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55E

secondary

#354BBA

accent

#2DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55E

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

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