#EDD964#EDD964

#EDD964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD964
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -7.15, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 59.39, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0234 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0405, 68.5529, 22.0182)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD964 #6478ED

analogous

#ED9464 #EDD964 #BCED64

triadic

#EDD964 #64EDD9 #D964ED

tetradic

#EDD964 #64ED94 #6478ED #ED64BC

square

#EDD964 #64ED94 #6478ED #ED64BC

split-complementary

#EDD964 #64BCED #9464ED

monochromatic

#C0A716 #E7CC2D #EDD964 #F3E69B #FAF4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EDD964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD964

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD964	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)

#EBD458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e494',
    500: '#edd964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd964;
$custom-light: #f6e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8793,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD964

secondary

#374ABF

accent

#29DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD964

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

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