#EDD56E#EDD56E

#EDD56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.126 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD56E
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -4.36, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 53.48, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0142 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.126 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5360, 66.7214, 24.3860)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD56E #6E86ED

analogous

#ED956E #EDD56E #C6ED6E

triadic

#EDD56E #6EEDD5 #D56EED

tetradic

#EDD56E #6EED95 #6E86ED #ED6EC6

square

#EDD56E #6EED95 #6E86ED #ED6EC6

split-complementary

#EDD56E #6EC6ED #956EED

monochromatic

#C8A719 #E6C538 #EDD56E #F4E5A4 #FBF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#EDD56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD56E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD56E	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)

#E7D164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.126 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e19a',
    500: '#edd56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd56e;
$custom-light: #f5e19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87236,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD56E

secondary

#3A54C5

accent

#32DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD56E

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

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