#EDDB66#EDDB66

#EDDB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB66
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -8.01, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 59.21, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0256 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6571, 69.6293, 22.7071)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB66 #6678ED

analogous

#ED9866 #EDDB66 #BCED66

triadic

#EDDB66 #66EDDB #DB66ED

tetradic

#EDDB66 #66ED98 #6678ED #ED66BC

square

#EDDB66 #66ED98 #6678ED #ED66BC

split-complementary

#EDDB66 #66BCED #9866ED

monochromatic

#C2AB17 #E7CE2F #EDDB66 #F3E89D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EDDB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#EDDB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB66

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB66	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e595',
    500: '#eddb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb66;
$custom-light: #f6e595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88359,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB66

secondary

#374AC0

accent

#26DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB66

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

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