#EDD562#EDD562

#EDD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD562
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -5.26, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 58.91, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0182 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9263, 66.4776, 21.1751)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD562 #627AED

analogous

#ED8F62 #EDD562 #C0ED62

triadic

#EDD562 #62EDD5 #D562ED

tetradic

#EDD562 #62ED8F #627AED #ED62C0

square

#EDD562 #62ED8F #627AED #ED62C0

split-complementary

#EDD562 #62C0ED #8F62ED

monochromatic

#BFA216 #E7C62B #EDD562 #F3E499 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#EDD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD562

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD562	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e192',
    500: '#edd562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd562;
$custom-light: #f6e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87098,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD562

secondary

#364DBD

accent

#2EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD562

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

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