#EDD96B#EDD96B

#EDD96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.132 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD96B
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -6.63, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 56.25, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0211 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.132 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3939, 68.6943, 23.8798)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD96B #6B7FED

analogous

#ED986B #EDD96B #C0ED6B

triadic

#EDD96B #6BEDD9 #D96BED

tetradic

#EDD96B #6BED98 #6B7FED #ED6BC0

square

#EDD96B #6BED98 #6B7FED #ED6BC0

split-complementary

#EDD96B #6BC0ED #986BED

monochromatic

#C6AB18 #E6CB34 #EDD96B #F4E7A2 #FAF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#EDD96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD96B

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD96B	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.132 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e498',
    500: '#edd96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd96b;
$custom-light: #f5e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88009,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD96B

secondary

#394EC3

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD96B

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

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