#EDD869#EDD869

#EDD869 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.133 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD869
RGB	rgb(237, 216, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -6.27, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 56.80, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0203 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.133 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0330, 68.1387, 23.2464)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD869 #697EED

analogous

#ED9669 #EDD869 #C0ED69

triadic

#EDD869 #69EDD8 #D869ED

tetradic

#EDD869 #69ED96 #697EED #ED69C0

square

#EDD869 #69ED96 #697EED #ED69C0

split-complementary

#EDD869 #69C0ED #9669ED

monochromatic

#C4A918 #E6CA32 #EDD869 #F4E6A0 #FAF4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EDD869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD869

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD869	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 216, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.133 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e397',
    500: '#edd869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd869;
$custom-light: #f5e397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87783,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD869

secondary

#384EC2

accent

#2CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD869

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

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