#EDD660#EDD660

#EDD660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.139 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD660
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -5.91, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 60.12, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0203 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.139 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0854, 66.9449, 20.7681)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD660 #6077ED

analogous

#ED9060 #EDD660 #BDED60

triadic

#EDD660 #60EDD6 #D660ED

tetradic

#EDD660 #60ED90 #6077ED #ED60BD

square

#EDD660 #60ED90 #6077ED #ED60BD

split-complementary

#EDD660 #60BDED #9060ED

monochromatic

#BDA215 #E7C829 #EDD660 #F3E497 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#EDD660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD660

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD660	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.139 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e291',
    500: '#edd660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd660;
$custom-light: #f6e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87279,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD660

secondary

#354BBC

accent

#2CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD660

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

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