#EDDC5C#EDDC5C

#EDDC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; 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	#EDDC5C
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -9.20, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 63.89, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0301 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4524, 69.9661, 20.3383)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC5C #5C6DED

analogous

#ED945C #EDDC5C #B5ED5C

triadic

#EDDC5C #5CEDDC #DC5CED

tetradic

#EDDC5C #5CED94 #5C6DED #ED5CB5

square

#EDDC5C #5CED94 #5C6DED #ED5CB5

split-complementary

#EDDC5C #5CB5ED #945CED

monochromatic

#BAA715 #E7D025 #EDDC5C #F3E893 #F9F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EDDC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC5C

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC5C	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)

#EFD64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e68f',
    500: '#eddc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc5c;
$custom-light: #f6e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88461,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC5C

secondary

#3444B9

accent

#22DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC5C

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

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