#EDD66F#EDD66F
#EDD66F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.126 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDD66F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 214, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 78%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 53%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 53.2%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.63, -4.79, 53.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.63, 53.37, 95.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.45% -0.0153 0.1252) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.45% 0.126 97) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.8430, 67.2479, 24.7584) |
| Luminance | 0.6724 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.42
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.09
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.17
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.29
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.60
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDD66F #6F86ED
analogous
#ED976F #EDD66F #C5ED6F
triadic
#EDD66F #6FEDD6 #D66FED
tetradic
#EDD66F #6FED97 #6F86ED #ED6FC5
square
#EDD66F #6FED97 #6F86ED #ED6FC5
split-complementary
#EDD66F #6FC5ED #976FED
monochromatic
#C9A919 #E6C739 #EDD66F #F4E5A5 #FBF5DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.45
#EDD66F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.45
#EDD66F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDD66F
14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDD66F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDD66F | 1.00 | 1.45 | 14.45 | 14.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D266
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED973
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDC9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edd66f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.126 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5e29b',
500: '#edd66f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edd66f; $custom-light: #f5e29b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edd66f",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 214,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.048,
"s": 77.778,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8745,
"c": 0.12609,
"h": 97
},
"luminance": 0.67245
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDD66F
secondary
#3B54C5
accent
#31DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F