#EDDB72#EDDB72

#EDDB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB72
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -7.08, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 53.76, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0216 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2959, 69.8848, 26.0713)
Luminance	0.6988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB72 #7284ED

analogous

#ED9E72 #EDDB72 #C1ED72

triadic

#EDDB72 #72EDDB #DB72ED

tetradic

#EDDB72 #72ED9E #7284ED #ED72C1

square

#EDDB72 #72ED9E #7284ED #ED72C1

split-complementary

#EDDB72 #72C1ED #9E72ED

monochromatic

#CBB11A #E6CD3C #EDDB72 #F4E9A8 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#EDDB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB72

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB72	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e59d',
    500: '#eddb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb72;
$custom-light: #f5e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88499,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB72

secondary

#3E52C6

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB72

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

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