#EDD96E#EDD96E

#EDD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD96E
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -6.39, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 54.88, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0201 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.5545, 68.7585, 24.7255)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD96E #6E82ED

analogous

#ED996E #EDD96E #C1ED6E

triadic

#EDD96E #6EEDD9 #D96EED

tetradic

#EDD96E #6EED99 #6E82ED #ED6EC1

square

#EDD96E #6EED99 #6E82ED #ED6EC1

split-complementary

#EDD96E #6EC1ED #996EED

monochromatic

#C8AC19 #E6CB38 #EDD96E #F4E7A4 #FBF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EDD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD96E

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD96E	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49a',
    500: '#edd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd96e;
$custom-light: #f5e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88044,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD96E

secondary

#3A50C5

accent

#2CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD96E

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

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