#EDD96D#EDD96D

#EDD96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.130 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDD96D
RGBrgb(237, 217, 109)
HSLhsl(51, 78%, 68%)
HSVhsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(86.37, -6.47, 54.96)
CIE-LCHlch(86.37, 55.34, 96.71°)
OKLaboklab(88.03% -0.0204 0.1289)
OKLCHoklch(88.03% 0.13 99)
XYZxyz(62.5004, 68.7368, 24.4404)
Luminance0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDD96D #6D81ED
analogous
#ED996D #EDD96D #C1ED6D
triadic
#EDD96D #6DEDD9 #D96DED
tetradic
#EDD96D #6DED99 #6D81ED #ED6DC1
square
#EDD96D #6DED99 #6D81ED #ED6DC1
split-complementary
#EDD96D #6DC1ED #996DED
monochromatic
#C7AC19 #E6CB37 #EDD96D #F4E7A3 #FAF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#EDD96D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75
#EDD96D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD96D
14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDD96D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDD96D1.001.4214.7514.75
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7521.001.001.00
##00000014.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD463
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DB72
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDCCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edd96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.130 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49a',
    500: '#edd96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edd96d;
$custom-light: #f5e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edd96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88032,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDD96D
secondary
#3A4FC5
accent
#2CDA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD96D

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#EDD96D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva