#EDD95B#EDD95B

#EDD95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD95B
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -7.75, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 63.28, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0261 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6287, 68.3882, 19.8495)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD95B #5B6FED

analogous

#ED905B #EDD95B #B8ED5B

triadic

#EDD95B #5BEDD9 #D95BED

tetradic

#EDD95B #5BED90 #5B6FED #ED5BB8

square

#EDD95B #5BED90 #5B6FED #ED5BB8

split-complementary

#EDD95B #5BB8ED #905BED

monochromatic

#B9A314 #E7CC24 #EDD95B #F3E692 #F9F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EDD95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD95B

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD95B	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e48e',
    500: '#edd95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd95b;
$custom-light: #f6e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87839,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD95B

secondary

#3446B8

accent

#26DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD95B

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

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