#EDD563#EDD563

#EDD563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD563
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -5.19, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 58.47, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0179 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9738, 66.4966, 21.4253)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD563 #637BED

analogous

#ED9063 #EDD563 #C0ED63

triadic

#EDD563 #63EDD5 #D563ED

tetradic

#EDD563 #63ED90 #637BED #ED63C0

square

#EDD563 #63ED90 #637BED #ED63C0

split-complementary

#EDD563 #63C0ED #9063ED

monochromatic

#C0A216 #E7C62C #EDD563 #F3E49A #FAF3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#EDD563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD563

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD563	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)

#E8D057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e193',
    500: '#edd563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd563;
$custom-light: #f6e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87109,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD563

secondary

#364EBE

accent

#2EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD563

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

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