#EDD969#EDD969

#EDD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD969
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -6.78, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 57.16, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0217 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2899, 68.6527, 23.3320)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD969 #697DED

analogous

#ED9769 #EDD969 #BFED69

triadic

#EDD969 #69EDD9 #D969ED

tetradic

#EDD969 #69ED97 #697DED #ED69BF

square

#EDD969 #69ED97 #697DED #ED69BF

split-complementary

#EDD969 #69BFED #9769ED

monochromatic

#C4AA18 #E6CB32 #EDD969 #F4E7A0 #FAF5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#EDD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD969

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD969	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)

#EBD45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e497',
    500: '#edd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd969;
$custom-light: #f5e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87986,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD969

secondary

#384DC2

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD969

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

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