#EDD85C#EDD85C

#EDD85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD85C
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -7.19, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 62.52, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0244 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4152, 67.8916, 19.9925)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD85C #5C71ED

analogous

#ED8F5C #EDD85C #BAED5C

triadic

#EDD85C #5CEDD8 #D85CED

tetradic

#EDD85C #5CED8F #5C71ED #ED5CBA

square

#EDD85C #5CED8F #5C71ED #ED5CBA

split-complementary

#EDD85C #5CBAED #8F5CED

monochromatic

#BAA215 #E7CB25 #EDD85C #F3E593 #F9F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#EDD85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD85C

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD85C	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e38f',
    500: '#edd85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd85c;
$custom-light: #f6e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87645,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD85C

secondary

#3447B9

accent

#28DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD85C

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

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