#EDDA62#EDDA62

#EDDA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA62
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -7.79, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 60.62, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0254 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2034, 69.0317, 21.6008)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA62 #6275ED

analogous

#ED9562 #EDDA62 #BAED62

triadic

#EDDA62 #62EDDA #DA62ED

tetradic

#EDDA62 #62ED95 #6275ED #ED62BA

square

#EDDA62 #62ED95 #6275ED #ED62BA

split-complementary

#EDDA62 #62BAED #9562ED

monochromatic

#BFA816 #E7CD2B #EDDA62 #F3E799 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDDA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EDDA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA62

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA62	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e593',
    500: '#edda62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda62;
$custom-light: #f6e593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88113,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA62

secondary

#3648BD

accent

#26DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA62

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

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