#EDDC5E#EDDC5E

#EDDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC5E
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -9.07, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 63.04, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0295 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5410, 70.0015, 20.8048)
Luminance	0.7000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC5E #5E6FED

analogous

#ED945E #EDDC5E #B7ED5E

triadic

#EDDC5E #5EEDDC #DC5EED

tetradic

#EDDC5E #5EED94 #5E6FED #ED5EB7

square

#EDDC5E #5EED94 #5E6FED #ED5EB7

split-complementary

#EDDC5E #5EB7ED #945EED

monochromatic

#BCA815 #E7D027 #EDDC5E #F3E895 #F9F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#EDDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC5E

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC5E	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)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e690',
    500: '#eddc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc5e;
$custom-light: #f6e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8848,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC5E

secondary

#3545BA

accent

#22DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC5E

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

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