#EDD858#EDD858

#EDD858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD858
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -7.44, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 64.20, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0255 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(61.2449, 67.8235, 19.0958)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD858 #586DED

analogous

#ED8D58 #EDD858 #B7ED58

triadic

#EDD858 #58EDD8 #D858ED

tetradic

#EDD858 #58ED8D #586DED #ED58B7

square

#EDD858 #58ED8D #586DED #ED58B7

split-complementary

#EDD858 #58B7ED #8D58ED

monochromatic

#B7A014 #E7CB21 #EDD858 #F3E58F #F9F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EDD858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD858

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD858	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e38c',
    500: '#edd858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd858;
$custom-light: #f6e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 80.541,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87607,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.67821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD858

secondary

#3345B6

accent

#27DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD858

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

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