#EDD84F#EDD84F

#EDD84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.154 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD84F
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -7.96, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 67.84, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.028 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.154 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8948, 67.6835, 17.2523)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD84F #4F64ED

analogous

#ED894F #EDD84F #B3ED4F

triadic

#EDD84F #4FEDD8 #D84FED

tetradic

#EDD84F #4FED89 #4F64ED #ED4FB3

square

#EDD84F #4FED89 #4F64ED #ED4FB3

split-complementary

#EDD84F #4FB3ED #894FED

monochromatic

#B09B12 #E7CC18 #EDD84F #F3E487 #F8F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#EDD84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD84F

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD84F	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.154 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e387',
    500: '#edd84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd84f;
$custom-light: #f6e387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.025,
    "s": 81.443,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87529,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD84F

secondary

#3041B0

accent

#24DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD84F

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

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