#EDD965#EDD965

#EDD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD965
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -7.07, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 58.95, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.023 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0892, 68.5724, 22.2747)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD965 #6579ED

analogous

#ED9565 #EDD965 #BDED65

triadic

#EDD965 #65EDD9 #D965ED

tetradic

#EDD965 #65ED95 #6579ED #ED65BD

square

#EDD965 #65ED95 #6579ED #ED65BD

split-complementary

#EDD965 #65BDED #9565ED

monochromatic

#C1A817 #E7CB2E #EDD965 #F3E79C #FAF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EDD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD965

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD965	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)

#EBD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e495',
    500: '#edd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd965;
$custom-light: #f6e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87941,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD965

secondary

#374BBF

accent

#29DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD965

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

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