#EDD56C#EDD56C

#EDD56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.128 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD56C
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -4.52, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 54.41, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0149 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.128 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4283, 66.6784, 23.8190)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD56C #6C84ED

analogous

#ED946C #EDD56C #C5ED6C

triadic

#EDD56C #6CEDD5 #D56CED

tetradic

#EDD56C #6CED94 #6C84ED #ED6CC5

square

#EDD56C #6CED94 #6C84ED #ED6CC5

split-complementary

#EDD56C #6CC5ED #946CED

monochromatic

#C6A618 #E6C535 #EDD56C #F4E5A3 #FAF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#EDD56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD56C

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD56C	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.128 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e199',
    500: '#edd56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd56c;
$custom-light: #f5e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87211,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD56C

secondary

#3953C4

accent

#32DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD56C

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

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