#EDD656#EDD656

#EDD656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.147 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD656
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -6.55, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 64.38, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0232 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.147 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6539, 66.7723, 18.4958)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD656 #566DED

analogous

#ED8A56 #EDD656 #B8ED56

triadic

#EDD656 #56EDD6 #D656ED

tetradic

#EDD656 #56ED8A #566DED #ED56B8

square

#EDD656 #56ED8A #566DED #ED56B8

split-complementary

#EDD656 #56B8ED #8A56ED

monochromatic

#B59D13 #E7C91F #EDD656 #F3E38D #F9F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#EDD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD656

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD656	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.147 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e28b',
    500: '#edd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd656;
$custom-light: #f6e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87182,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD656

secondary

#3246B5

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD656

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

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