#EDD55F#EDD55F

#EDD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.139 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55F
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -5.47, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 60.23, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0191 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.139 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7873, 66.4220, 20.4431)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55F #5F77ED

analogous

#ED8E5F #EDD55F #BEED5F

triadic

#EDD55F #5FEDD5 #D55FED

tetradic

#EDD55F #5FED8E #5F77ED #ED5FBE

square

#EDD55F #5FED8E #5F77ED #ED5FBE

split-complementary

#EDD55F #5FBEED #8E5FED

monochromatic

#BCA015 #E7C728 #EDD55F #F3E396 #F9F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EDD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55F

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55F	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)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.139 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e191',
    500: '#edd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55f;
$custom-light: #f6e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87067,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55F

secondary

#354CBB

accent

#2DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55F

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

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