#EDDC62#EDDC62

#EDDC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC62
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -8.79, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 61.32, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0283 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.143 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7252, 70.0752, 21.7747)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC62 #6273ED

analogous

#ED9662 #EDDC62 #B8ED62

triadic

#EDDC62 #62EDDC #DC62ED

tetradic

#EDDC62 #62ED96 #6273ED #ED62B8

square

#EDDC62 #62ED96 #6273ED #ED62B8

split-complementary

#EDDC62 #62B8ED #9662ED

monochromatic

#BFAA16 #E7D02B #EDDC62 #F3E899 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EDDC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC62

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC62	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)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.143 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e693',
    500: '#eddc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc62;
$custom-light: #f6e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88521,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC62

secondary

#3647BD

accent

#23DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC62

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

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