#EDD85F#EDD85F

#EDD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD85F
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -6.99, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 61.23, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0235 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5489, 67.9451, 20.6969)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD85F #5F74ED

analogous

#ED915F #EDD85F #BBED5F

triadic

#EDD85F #5FEDD8 #D85FED

tetradic

#EDD85F #5FED91 #5F74ED #ED5FBB

square

#EDD85F #5FED91 #5F74ED #ED5FBB

split-complementary

#EDD85F #5FBBED #915FED

monochromatic

#BCA415 #E7CB28 #EDD85F #F3E596 #F9F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EDD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD85F

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD85F	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e391',
    500: '#edd85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd85f;
$custom-light: #f6e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87675,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD85F

secondary

#3549BB

accent

#29DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD85F

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

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