#EDDB79#EDDB79

#EDDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDB79
RGB	rgb(237, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -6.48, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 50.48, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0192 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7096, 70.0503, 28.2506)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDB79 #798BED

analogous

#EDA179 #EDDB79 #C5ED79

triadic

#EDDB79 #79EDDB #DB79ED

tetradic

#EDDB79 #79EDA1 #798BED #ED79C5

square

#EDDB79 #79EDA1 #798BED #ED79C5

split-complementary

#EDDB79 #79C5ED #A179ED

monochromatic

#D0B41C #E6CD43 #EDDB79 #F4E9AF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EDDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDB79

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDB79	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6a2',
    500: '#eddb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddb79;
$custom-light: #f5e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8859,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDB79

secondary

#4458C6

accent

#2DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDB79

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

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