#EDDC59#EDDC59

#EDDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.150 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC59
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -9.39, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 65.14, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.031 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.15 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3239, 69.9147, 19.6612)
Luminance	0.6991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC59 #596AED

analogous

#ED9259 #EDDC59 #B4ED59

triadic

#EDDC59 #59EDDC #DC59ED

tetradic

#EDDC59 #59ED92 #596AED #ED59B4

square

#EDDC59 #59ED92 #596AED #ED59B4

split-complementary

#EDDC59 #59B4ED #9259ED

monochromatic

#B8A514 #E7D022 #EDDC59 #F3E890 #F9F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#EDDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC59

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC59	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.150 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e68d',
    500: '#eddc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc59;
$custom-light: #f6e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.108,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88433,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC59

secondary

#3342B7

accent

#21DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC59

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

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