#EDD96A#EDD96A

#EDD96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD96A
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -6.70, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 56.70, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0214 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3416, 68.6733, 23.6043)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD96A #6A7EED

analogous

#ED986A #EDD96A #BFED6A

triadic

#EDD96A #6AEDD9 #D96AED

tetradic

#EDD96A #6AED98 #6A7EED #ED6ABF

square

#EDD96A #6AED98 #6A7EED #ED6ABF

split-complementary

#EDD96A #6ABFED #986AED

monochromatic

#C5AA18 #E6CB33 #EDD96A #F4E7A1 #FAF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#EDD96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD96A

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD96A	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)

#EBD45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e498',
    500: '#edd96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd96a;
$custom-light: #f5e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87997,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD96A

secondary

#394EC3

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD96A

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

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