#EDD65A#EDD65A

#EDD65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD65A
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -6.30, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 62.70, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0221 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8196, 66.8385, 19.3684)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD65A #5A71ED

analogous

#ED8D5A #EDD65A #BBED5A

triadic

#EDD65A #5AEDD6 #D65AED

tetradic

#EDD65A #5AED8D #5A71ED #ED5ABB

square

#EDD65A #5AED8D #5A71ED #ED5ABB

split-complementary

#EDD65A #5ABBED #8D5AED

monochromatic

#B89F14 #E7C823 #EDD65A #F3E491 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#EDD65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD65A

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD65A	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e28e',
    500: '#edd65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd65a;
$custom-light: #f6e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8722,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD65A

secondary

#3348B8

accent

#2ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD65A

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

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