#EDD65B#EDD65B

#EDD65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD65B
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -6.24, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 62.28, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0218 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8625, 66.8557, 19.5941)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD65B #5B72ED

analogous

#ED8D5B #EDD65B #BBED5B

triadic

#EDD65B #5BEDD6 #D65BED

tetradic

#EDD65B #5BED8D #5B72ED #ED5BBB

square

#EDD65B #5BED8D #5B72ED #ED5BBB

split-complementary

#EDD65B #5BBBED #8D5BED

monochromatic

#B99F14 #E7C824 #EDD65B #F3E492 #F9F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#EDD65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD65B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD65B	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)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e28e',
    500: '#edd65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd65b;
$custom-light: #f6e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87229,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD65B

secondary

#3449B8

accent

#2ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD65B

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

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