#EDD860#EDD860

#EDD860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.141 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD860
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -6.92, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 60.80, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0232 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.141 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5946, 67.9634, 20.9378)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD860 #6075ED

analogous

#ED9260 #EDD860 #BBED60

triadic

#EDD860 #60EDD8 #D860ED

tetradic

#EDD860 #60ED92 #6075ED #ED60BB

square

#EDD860 #60ED92 #6075ED #ED60BB

split-complementary

#EDD860 #60BBED #9260ED

monochromatic

#BDA415 #E7CB29 #EDD860 #F3E597 #F9F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EDD860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD860

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD860	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)

#EBD353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.141 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e391',
    500: '#edd860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd860;
$custom-light: #f6e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87685,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD860

secondary

#3549BC

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD860

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →