#EDDB57#EDDB57

#EDDB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.151 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB57
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -9.01, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 65.63, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0301 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.151 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9794, 69.3582, 19.1377)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB57 #5769ED

analogous

#ED9057 #EDDB57 #B4ED57

triadic

#EDDB57 #57EDDB #DB57ED

tetradic

#EDDB57 #57ED90 #5769ED #ED57B4

square

#EDDB57 #57ED90 #5769ED #ED57B4

split-complementary

#EDDB57 #57B4ED #9057ED

monochromatic

#B6A314 #E7CF20 #EDDB57 #F3E78E #F9F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EDDB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB57

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB57	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)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.151 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e58c',
    500: '#eddb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb57;
$custom-light: #f6e58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8821,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB57

secondary

#3342B6

accent

#22DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB57

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

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