#EDD65E#EDD65E

#EDD65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD65E
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -6.04, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 60.99, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0209 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9945, 66.9085, 20.2893)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD65E #5E75ED

analogous

#ED8F5E #EDD65E #BCED5E

triadic

#EDD65E #5EEDD6 #D65EED

tetradic

#EDD65E #5EED8F #5E75ED #ED5EBC

square

#EDD65E #5EED8F #5E75ED #ED5EBC

split-complementary

#EDD65E #5EBCED #8F5EED

monochromatic

#BCA115 #E7C827 #EDD65E #F3E495 #F9F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#EDD65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD65E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD65E	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e290',
    500: '#edd65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd65e;
$custom-light: #f6e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87259,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD65E

secondary

#354ABA

accent

#2BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD65E

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

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