#EDD85B#EDD85B

#EDD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD85B
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -7.25, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 62.94, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0247 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3717, 67.8742, 19.7638)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD85B #5B70ED

analogous

#ED8F5B #EDD85B #B9ED5B

triadic

#EDD85B #5BEDD8 #D85BED

tetradic

#EDD85B #5BED8F #5B70ED #ED5BB9

square

#EDD85B #5BED8F #5B70ED #ED5BB9

split-complementary

#EDD85B #5BB9ED #8F5BED

monochromatic

#B9A214 #E7CB24 #EDD85B #F3E592 #F9F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#EDD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD85B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD85B	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e38e',
    500: '#edd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd85b;
$custom-light: #f6e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87635,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD85B

secondary

#3447B8

accent

#27DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD85B

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

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