#EDDA79#EDDA79

#EDDA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.120 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDA79
RGB	rgb(237, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -5.97, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 50.11, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0177 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.12 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4496, 69.5302, 28.1639)
Luminance	0.6953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDA79 #798CED

analogous

#EDA079 #EDDA79 #C6ED79

triadic

#EDDA79 #79EDDA #DA79ED

tetradic

#EDDA79 #79EDA0 #798CED #ED79C6

square

#EDDA79 #79EDA0 #798CED #ED79C6

split-complementary

#EDDA79 #79C6ED #A079ED

monochromatic

#D0B21C #E6CB43 #EDDA79 #F4E9AF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#EDDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDA79

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDA79	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.120 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e5a2',
    500: '#edda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edda79;
$custom-light: #f5e5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88387,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDA79

secondary

#4459C6

accent

#2ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDA79

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

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