#edd751

Color #edd751

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 21.54 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#edd751

RGB

rgb(237, 215, 81)

HSL

hsl(51.5, 81.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.5, 65.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.8%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(85.61, -7.35, 66.33)

LCH

lch(85.61, 66.74, 96.32)

OKLCH

oklch(87.3%, 0.1519, 99.9)

HWB

hwb(51.5, 31.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5167ed

Analogous

#ed8951

#edd751

#b5ed51

Triadic

#edd751

#51edd7

#d751ed

Split-complementary

#edd751

#51b5ed

#8951ed

Tetradic

#edd751

#67ed51

#5167ed

#d751ed

Square

#edd751

#51ed89

#5167ed

#ed51b5

Shades

Color #edd751 mixed toward black.

#e8cc21

#c0a814

#907e0f

#60540a

#302a05

Tints

Color #edd751 mixed toward white.

#f0de6e

#f3e48b

#f6eba8

#f9f2c5

#fcf8e2

Tones

Color #edd751 mixed toward gray.

#e0ce5e

#d3c46b

#c6bb78

#b9b285

#aca892

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e483 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#e5e78c · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#ec9ea3 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #edd751;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#edd751]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#edd751 (#edd751) is rgb(237, 215, 81) in RGB.

No, #edd751 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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