#FFED85#FFED85

#FFED85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED85
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.24, -7.28, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.24, 52.75, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(93.93% -0.0213 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(93.93% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.7600, 83.5245, 34.3169)
Luminance	0.8352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED85 #8597FF

analogous

#FFB085 #FFED85 #D4FF85

triadic

#FFED85 #85FFED #ED85FF

tetradic

#FFED85 #85FFB0 #8597FF #FF85D4

square

#FFED85 #85FFB0 #8597FF #FF85D4

split-complementary

#FFED85 #85D4FF #B085FF

monochromatic

#FFDB0B #FFE448 #FFED85 #FFF6C2 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFED85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#FFED85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED85

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED85	1.00	1.19	17.70	17.70
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2aa',
    500: '#ffed85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed85;
$custom-light: #fff2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93925,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED85

secondary

#495FDF

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED85

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

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