#EDD65C#EDD65C

#EDD65C 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	#EDD65C
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -6.17, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 61.85, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0215 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9059, 66.8731, 19.8228)
Luminance	0.6687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD65C #5C73ED

analogous

#ED8E5C #EDD65C #BBED5C

triadic

#EDD65C #5CEDD6 #D65CED

tetradic

#EDD65C #5CED8E #5C73ED #ED5CBB

square

#EDD65C #5CED8E #5C73ED #ED5CBB

split-complementary

#EDD65C #5CBBED #8E5CED

monochromatic

#BAA015 #E7C825 #EDD65C #F3E493 #F9F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#EDD65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD65C

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD65C	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)

#E9D14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e28f',
    500: '#edd65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd65c;
$custom-light: #f6e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87239,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD65C

secondary

#3449B9

accent

#2BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD65C

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

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