#EDD56D#EDD56D

#EDD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.127 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD56D
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -4.44, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 53.95, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0146 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.127 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4818, 66.6998, 24.1009)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD56D #6D85ED

analogous

#ED956D #EDD56D #C5ED6D

triadic

#EDD56D #6DEDD5 #D56DED

tetradic

#EDD56D #6DED95 #6D85ED #ED6DC5

square

#EDD56D #6DED95 #6D85ED #ED6DC5

split-complementary

#EDD56D #6DC5ED #956DED

monochromatic

#C7A619 #E6C537 #EDD56D #F4E5A3 #FAF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#EDD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD56D

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD56D	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)

#E7D163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.127 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e199',
    500: '#edd56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd56d;
$custom-light: #f5e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87224,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD56D

secondary

#3A54C5

accent

#32DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD56D

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

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