#EDDB59#EDDB59

#EDDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB59
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -8.88, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 64.80, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0296 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0622, 69.3914, 19.5740)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB59 #596BED

analogous

#ED9159 #EDDB59 #B5ED59

triadic

#EDDB59 #59EDDB #DB59ED

tetradic

#EDDB59 #59ED91 #596BED #ED59B5

square

#EDDB59 #59ED91 #596BED #ED59B5

split-complementary

#EDDB59 #59B5ED #9159ED

monochromatic

#B8A414 #E7CF22 #EDDB59 #F3E790 #F9F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#EDDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB59

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB59	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e58d',
    500: '#eddb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb59;
$custom-light: #f6e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88228,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB59

secondary

#3343B7

accent

#23DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB59

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

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