#EDDC5B#EDDC5B

#EDDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC5B
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -9.26, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 64.31, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0304 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4090, 69.9487, 20.1096)
Luminance	0.6995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC5B #5B6CED

analogous

#ED935B #EDDC5B #B5ED5B

triadic

#EDDC5B #5BEDDC #DC5BED

tetradic

#EDDC5B #5BED93 #5B6CED #ED5BB5

square

#EDDC5B #5BED93 #5B6CED #ED5BB5

split-complementary

#EDDC5B #5BB5ED #935BED

monochromatic

#B9A614 #E7D024 #EDDC5B #F3E892 #F9F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EDDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC5B

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC5B	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e68f',
    500: '#eddc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc5b;
$custom-light: #f6e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.014,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88451,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC5B

secondary

#3443B8

accent

#22DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC5B

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

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