#EDD662#EDD662

#EDD662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD662
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -5.77, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 59.25, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0196 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1786, 66.9822, 21.2592)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD662 #6279ED

analogous

#ED9062 #EDD662 #BEED62

triadic

#EDD662 #62EDD6 #D662ED

tetradic

#EDD662 #62ED90 #6279ED #ED62BE

square

#EDD662 #62ED90 #6279ED #ED62BE

split-complementary

#EDD662 #62BEED #9062ED

monochromatic

#BFA316 #E7C82B #EDD662 #F3E499 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EDD662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#EDD662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD662

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD662	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e292',
    500: '#edd662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd662;
$custom-light: #f6e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.873,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD662

secondary

#364CBD

accent

#2DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD662

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

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