#EDD866#EDD866

#EDD866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDD866
RGBrgb(237, 216, 102)
HSLhsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSVhsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(86.05, -6.50, 57.79)
CIE-LCHlch(86.05, 58.15, 96.41°)
OKLaboklab(87.75% -0.0213 0.1342)
OKLCHoklch(87.75% 0.136 99)
XYZxyz(61.8815, 68.0781, 22.4486)
Luminance0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDD866 #667BED
analogous
#ED9566 #EDD866 #BEED66
triadic
#EDD866 #66EDD8 #D866ED
tetradic
#EDD866 #66ED95 #667BED #ED66BE
square
#EDD866 #66ED95 #667BED #ED66BE
split-complementary
#EDD866 #66BEED #9566ED
monochromatic
#C2A717 #E7CA2F #EDD866 #F3E69D #FAF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44
#EDD866 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62
#EDD866 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD866
14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDD866#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDD8661.001.4414.6214.62
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6221.001.001.00
##00000014.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD35B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DB6B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FECABF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edd866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.136 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e395',
    500: '#edd866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edd866;
$custom-light: #f6e395;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edd866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87749,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDD866
secondary
#374DC0
accent
#2BDB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#EDD866 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva