#EDD950#EDD950

#EDD950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.154 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD950
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -8.41, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 67.78, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0292 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.154 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1885, 68.2121, 17.5311)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD950 #5064ED

analogous

#ED8B50 #EDD950 #B2ED50

triadic

#EDD950 #50EDD9 #D950ED

tetradic

#EDD950 #50ED8B #5064ED #ED50B2

square

#EDD950 #50ED8B #5064ED #ED50B2

split-complementary

#EDD950 #50B2ED #8B50ED

monochromatic

#B09C12 #E7CD19 #EDD950 #F3E587 #F8F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#EDD950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD950

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD950	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.154 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e488',
    500: '#edd950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd950;
$custom-light: #f6e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87741,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD950

secondary

#3041B1

accent

#23DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD950

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

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