#EDD56A#EDD56A

#EDD56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD56A
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -4.68, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 55.32, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0156 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.13 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3231, 66.6363, 23.2648)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD56A #6A82ED

analogous

#ED946A #EDD56A #C3ED6A

triadic

#EDD56A #6AEDD5 #D56AED

tetradic

#EDD56A #6AED94 #6A82ED #ED6AC3

square

#EDD56A #6AED94 #6A82ED #ED6AC3

split-complementary

#EDD56A #6AC3ED #946AED

monochromatic

#C5A518 #E6C633 #EDD56A #F4E4A1 #FAF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#EDD56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD56A

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD56A	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.130 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e197',
    500: '#edd56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd56a;
$custom-light: #f5e197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87188,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD56A

secondary

#3952C3

accent

#31DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD56A

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

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