#EDD95C#EDD95C

#EDD95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD95C
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -7.69, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 62.86, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0258 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6721, 68.4055, 20.0782)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD95C #5C70ED

analogous

#ED915C #EDD95C #B9ED5C

triadic

#EDD95C #5CEDD9 #D95CED

tetradic

#EDD95C #5CED91 #5C70ED #ED5CB9

square

#EDD95C #5CED91 #5C70ED #ED5CB9

split-complementary

#EDD95C #5CB9ED #915CED

monochromatic

#BAA315 #E7CC25 #EDD95C #F3E693 #F9F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EDD95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD95C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD95C	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)

#ECD34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e48f',
    500: '#edd95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd95c;
$custom-light: #f6e48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87849,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD95C

secondary

#3446B9

accent

#26DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD95C

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

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