#EDD96F#EDD96F

#EDD96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD96F
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -6.31, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 54.42, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0197 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6093, 68.7804, 25.0138)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD96F #6F83ED

analogous

#ED9A6F #EDD96F #C2ED6F

triadic

#EDD96F #6FEDD9 #D96FED

tetradic

#EDD96F #6FED9A #6F83ED #ED6FC2

square

#EDD96F #6FED9A #6F83ED #ED6FC2

split-complementary

#EDD96F #6FC2ED #9A6FED

monochromatic

#C9AD19 #E6CB39 #EDD96F #F4E7A5 #FBF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EDD96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD96F

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD96F	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49b',
    500: '#edd96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd96f;
$custom-light: #f5e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88056,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD96F

secondary

#3B51C5

accent

#2CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD96F

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

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