#EDDC60#EDDC60

#EDDC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC60
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -8.93, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 62.19, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0289 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6319, 70.0379, 21.2836)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC60 #6071ED

analogous

#ED9560 #EDDC60 #B7ED60

triadic

#EDDC60 #60EDDC #DC60ED

tetradic

#EDDC60 #60ED95 #6071ED #ED60B7

square

#EDDC60 #60ED95 #6071ED #ED60B7

split-complementary

#EDDC60 #60B7ED #9560ED

monochromatic

#BDA915 #E7D029 #EDDC60 #F3E897 #F9F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EDDC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC60

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC60	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e692',
    500: '#eddc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc60;
$custom-light: #f6e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.885,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC60

secondary

#3546BC

accent

#23DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC60

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

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