#EDD960#EDD960

#EDD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD960
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -7.42, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 61.14, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0246 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(61.8516, 68.4773, 21.0235)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD960 #6074ED

analogous

#ED9260 #EDD960 #BBED60

triadic

#EDD960 #60EDD9 #D960ED

tetradic

#EDD960 #60ED92 #6074ED #ED60BB

square

#EDD960 #60ED92 #6074ED #ED60BB

split-complementary

#EDD960 #60BBED #9260ED

monochromatic

#BDA515 #E7CC29 #EDD960 #F3E697 #F9F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EDD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD960

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD960	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e491',
    500: '#edd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd960;
$custom-light: #f6e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87889,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.68475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD960

secondary

#3548BC

accent

#27DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD960

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →