#EDD560#EDD560

#EDD560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD560
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -5.40, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 59.79, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0188 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8331, 66.4403, 20.6840)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD560 #6078ED

analogous

#ED8E60 #EDD560 #BFED60

triadic

#EDD560 #60EDD5 #D560ED

tetradic

#EDD560 #60ED8E #6078ED #ED60BF

square

#EDD560 #60ED8E #6078ED #ED60BF

split-complementary

#EDD560 #60BFED #8E60ED

monochromatic

#BDA115 #E7C629 #EDD560 #F3E497 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EDD560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD560

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD560	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e191',
    500: '#edd560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd560;
$custom-light: #f6e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87077,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD560

secondary

#354CBC

accent

#2DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD560

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

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