#EDD864#EDD864

#EDD864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD864
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -6.64, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 59.04, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0219 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7835, 68.0389, 21.9325)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD864 #6479ED

analogous

#ED9364 #EDD864 #BDED64

triadic

#EDD864 #64EDD8 #D864ED

tetradic

#EDD864 #64ED93 #6479ED #ED64BD

square

#EDD864 #64ED93 #6479ED #ED64BD

split-complementary

#EDD864 #64BDED #9364ED

monochromatic

#C0A616 #E7CA2D #EDD864 #F3E69B #FAF4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#EDD864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD864

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD864	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e394',
    500: '#edd864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd864;
$custom-light: #f6e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87727,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD864

secondary

#374BBF

accent

#2ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD864

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

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