#EDDA72#EDDA72

#EDDA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA72
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -6.57, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 53.39, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0202 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0358, 69.3646, 25.9846)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA72 #7285ED

analogous

#ED9D72 #EDDA72 #C3ED72

triadic

#EDDA72 #72EDDA #DA72ED

tetradic

#EDDA72 #72ED9D #7285ED #ED72C3

square

#EDDA72 #72ED9D #7285ED #ED72C3

split-complementary

#EDDA72 #72C3ED #9D72ED

monochromatic

#CBAF1A #E6CC3C #EDDA72 #F4E8A8 #FBF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EDDA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA72

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA72	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e59d',
    500: '#edda72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda72;
$custom-light: #f5e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88296,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA72

secondary

#3E53C6

accent

#2CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA72

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

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