#EDD863#EDD863

#EDD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD863
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -6.71, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 59.48, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0222 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7354, 68.0197, 21.6792)
Luminance	0.6802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD863 #6378ED

analogous

#ED9363 #EDD863 #BDED63

triadic

#EDD863 #63EDD8 #D863ED

tetradic

#EDD863 #63ED93 #6378ED #ED63BD

square

#EDD863 #63ED93 #6378ED #ED63BD

split-complementary

#EDD863 #63BDED #9363ED

monochromatic

#C0A616 #E7CA2C #EDD863 #F3E69A #FAF3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EDD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD863

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD863	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)

#EAD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e393',
    500: '#edd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd863;
$custom-light: #f6e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87717,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD863

secondary

#364BBE

accent

#2ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD863

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

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