#EDDB5E#EDDB5E

#EDDB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB5E
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -8.56, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 62.69, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0281 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2793, 69.4782, 20.7176)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB5E #5E70ED

analogous

#ED945E #EDDB5E #B7ED5E

triadic

#EDDB5E #5EEDDB #DB5EED

tetradic

#EDDB5E #5EED94 #5E70ED #ED5EB7

square

#EDDB5E #5EED94 #5E70ED #ED5EB7

split-complementary

#EDDB5E #5EB7ED #945EED

monochromatic

#BCA715 #E7CF27 #EDDB5E #F3E795 #F9F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EDDB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB5E

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB5E	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e590',
    500: '#eddb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb5e;
$custom-light: #f6e590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88276,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB5E

secondary

#3546BA

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB5E

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

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