#EDDA60#EDDA60
#EDDA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDDA60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 218, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.5%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.50, -7.93, 60.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.50, 61.49, 97.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.09% -0.026 0.1403) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.09% 0.143 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.1101, 68.9944, 21.1097) |
| Luminance | 0.6899 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 0.90
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.79
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 3.42
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.65
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.68
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDDA60 #6073ED
analogous
#ED9360 #EDDA60 #B9ED60
triadic
#EDDA60 #60EDDA #DA60ED
tetradic
#EDDA60 #60ED93 #6073ED #ED60B9
square
#EDDA60 #60ED93 #6073ED #ED60B9
split-complementary
#EDDA60 #60B9ED #9360ED
monochromatic
#BDA715 #E7CD29 #EDDA60 #F3E797 #F9F4CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#EDDA60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.80
#EDDA60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDDA60
14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDDA60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDDA60 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.80 | 14.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC66
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FECCC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edda60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.143 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6e591',
500: '#edda60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edda60; $custom-light: #f6e591; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edda60",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 218,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.915,
"s": 79.661,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88092,
"c": 0.14273,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.68992
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDDA60
secondary
#3547BC
accent
#26DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F