#EDD58D#EDD58D

#EDD58D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.095 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD58D
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 141)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -1.48, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 38.64, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0028 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.095 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5285, 67.5184, 34.8801)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD58D #8DA5ED

analogous

#EDA58D #EDD58D #D5ED8D

triadic

#EDD58D #8DEDD5 #D58DED

tetradic

#EDD58D #8DEDA5 #8DA5ED #ED8DD5

square

#EDD58D #8DEDA5 #8DA5ED #ED8DD5

split-complementary

#EDD58D #8DD5ED #A58DED

monochromatic

#DCAE23 #E5C258 #EDD58D #F5E8C2 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#EDD58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD58D

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD58D	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.095 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1af',
    500: '#edd58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd58d;
$custom-light: #f4e1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87684,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD58D

secondary

#5673C8

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD58D

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

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