#EDDA57#EDDA57

#EDDA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.150 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA57
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -8.51, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 65.29, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0287 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.15 101)
XYZ	xyz(61.7193, 68.8380, 19.0510)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA57 #576AED

analogous

#ED8F57 #EDDA57 #B5ED57

triadic

#EDDA57 #57EDDA #DA57ED

tetradic

#EDDA57 #57ED8F #576AED #ED57B5

square

#EDDA57 #57ED8F #576AED #ED57B5

split-complementary

#EDDA57 #57B5ED #8F57ED

monochromatic

#B6A114 #E7CE20 #EDDA57 #F3E68E #F9F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDDA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EDDA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA57

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA57	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.150 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e58c',
    500: '#edda57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda57;
$custom-light: #f6e58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88006,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.68835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA57

secondary

#3343B6

accent

#23DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA57

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

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