#EDD962#EDD962

#EDD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.140 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD962
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -7.29, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 60.27, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.024 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.14 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9449, 68.5146, 21.5146)
Luminance	0.6851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD962 #6276ED

analogous

#ED9362 #EDD962 #BBED62

triadic

#EDD962 #62EDD9 #D962ED

tetradic

#EDD962 #62ED93 #6276ED #ED62BB

square

#EDD962 #62ED93 #6276ED #ED62BB

split-complementary

#EDD962 #62BBED #9362ED

monochromatic

#BFA616 #E7CC2B #EDD962 #F3E699 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EDD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD962

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD962	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)

#EBD355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.140 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e493',
    500: '#edd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd962;
$custom-light: #f6e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87909,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD962

secondary

#3649BD

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD962

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

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