#EDD968#EDD968

#EDD968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD968
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -6.85, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 57.61, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0221 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2388, 68.6322, 23.0629)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD968 #687CED

analogous

#ED9668 #EDD968 #BFED68

triadic

#EDD968 #68EDD9 #D968ED

tetradic

#EDD968 #68ED96 #687CED #ED68BF

square

#EDD968 #68ED96 #687CED #ED68BF

split-complementary

#EDD968 #68BFED #9668ED

monochromatic

#C3A917 #E6CB31 #EDD968 #F4E79F #FAF5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#EDD968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD968

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD968	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e496',
    500: '#edd968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd968;
$custom-light: #f5e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87974,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD968

secondary

#384DC1

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD968

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

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