#EDD862#EDD862

#EDD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD862
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -6.78, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 59.92, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0225 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6879, 68.0007, 21.4290)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD862 #6277ED

analogous

#ED9262 #EDD862 #BDED62

triadic

#EDD862 #62EDD8 #D862ED

tetradic

#EDD862 #62ED92 #6277ED #ED62BD

square

#EDD862 #62ED92 #6277ED #ED62BD

split-complementary

#EDD862 #62BDED #9262ED

monochromatic

#BFA516 #E7CA2B #EDD862 #F3E699 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EDD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD862

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD862	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e393',
    500: '#edd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd862;
$custom-light: #f6e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87706,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD862

secondary

#364ABD

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD862

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

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