#edd43f

Color #edd43f

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 15.83 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#edd43f

RGB

rgb(237, 212, 63)

HSL

hsl(51.4, 82.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.4, 73.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.4%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(84.72, -6.72, 72.21)

LCH

lch(84.72, 72.52, 95.32)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.161, 99.33)

HWB

hwb(51.4, 24.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f58ed

Analogous

#ed7d3f

#edd43f

#afed3f

Triadic

#edd43f

#3fedd4

#d43fed

Split-complementary

#edd43f

#3fafed

#7d3fed

Tetradic

#edd43f

#58ed3f

#3f58ed

#d43fed

Square

#edd43f

#3fed7d

#3f58ed

#ed3faf

Shades

Color #edd43f mixed toward black.

#e5c715

#b79f11

#89770d

#5b5009

#2e2804

Tints

Color #edd43f mixed toward white.

#f0db5f

#f3e27f

#f6ea9f

#f9f1bf

#fcf8df

Tones

Color #edd43f mixed toward gray.

#dfca4d

#d0bf5c

#c1b56a

#b3ab79

#a4a087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e27b · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#e4e684 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#ec989d · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 27.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #edd43f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#edd43f]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#edd43f (#edd43f) is rgb(237, 212, 63) in RGB.

No, #edd43f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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