#EDD565#EDD565

#EDD565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.134 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD565
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -5.05, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 57.58, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0172 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.134 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0706, 66.5353, 21.9351)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD565 #657DED

analogous

#ED9165 #EDD565 #C1ED65

triadic

#EDD565 #65EDD5 #D565ED

tetradic

#EDD565 #65ED91 #657DED #ED65C1

square

#EDD565 #65ED91 #657DED #ED65C1

split-complementary

#EDD565 #65C1ED #9165ED

monochromatic

#C1A317 #E7C62E #EDD565 #F3E49C #FAF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#EDD565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD565

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD565	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.134 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e194',
    500: '#edd565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd565;
$custom-light: #f6e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87131,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD565

secondary

#374FBF

accent

#2FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD565

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

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