#EDD966#EDD966

#EDD966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD966
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -7.00, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 58.50, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0227 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1385, 68.5921, 22.5343)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD966 #667AED

analogous

#ED9666 #EDD966 #BEED66

triadic

#EDD966 #66EDD9 #D966ED

tetradic

#EDD966 #66ED96 #667AED #ED66BE

square

#EDD966 #66ED96 #667AED #ED66BE

split-complementary

#EDD966 #66BEED #9666ED

monochromatic

#C2A817 #E7CB2F #EDD966 #F3E79D #FAF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#EDD966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD966

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD966	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e495',
    500: '#edd966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd966;
$custom-light: #f6e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87952,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD966

secondary

#374CC0

accent

#29DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD966

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

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