#EDDC5D#EDDC5D

#EDDC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC5D
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -9.13, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 63.47, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0298 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.4964, 69.9837, 20.5700)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC5D #5D6EED

analogous

#ED945D #EDDC5D #B6ED5D

triadic

#EDDC5D #5DEDDC #DC5DED

tetradic

#EDDC5D #5DED94 #5D6EED #ED5DB6

square

#EDDC5D #5DED94 #5D6EED #ED5DB6

split-complementary

#EDDC5D #5DB6ED #945DED

monochromatic

#BBA715 #E7D026 #EDDC5D #F3E894 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#EDDC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC5D

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC5D	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e690',
    500: '#eddc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc5d;
$custom-light: #f6e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8847,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC5D

secondary

#3444BA

accent

#22DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC5D

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

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