#EDD95E#EDD95E

#EDD95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.144 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD95E
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -7.56, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 62.00, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0252 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.144 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7607, 68.4410, 20.5447)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD95E #5E72ED

analogous

#ED915E #EDD95E #BAED5E

triadic

#EDD95E #5EEDD9 #D95EED

tetradic

#EDD95E #5EED91 #5E72ED #ED5EBA

square

#EDD95E #5EED91 #5E72ED #ED5EBA

split-complementary

#EDD95E #5EBAED #915EED

monochromatic

#BCA415 #E7CC27 #EDD95E #F3E695 #F9F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#EDD95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD95E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD95E	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.144 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e490',
    500: '#edd95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd95e;
$custom-light: #f6e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87868,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD95E

secondary

#3547BA

accent

#27DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD95E

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

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