#EDD963#EDD963

#EDD963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD963
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -7.22, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 59.83, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0237 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9924, 68.5336, 21.7648)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD963 #6377ED

analogous

#ED9463 #EDD963 #BCED63

triadic

#EDD963 #63EDD9 #D963ED

tetradic

#EDD963 #63ED94 #6377ED #ED63BC

square

#EDD963 #63ED94 #6377ED #ED63BC

split-complementary

#EDD963 #63BCED #9463ED

monochromatic

#C0A716 #E7CC2C #EDD963 #F3E69A #FAF4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EDD963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD963

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD963	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e493',
    500: '#edd963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd963;
$custom-light: #f6e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8792,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD963

secondary

#364ABE

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD963

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

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