#EDDC65#EDDC65

#EDDC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC65
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -8.58, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 60.01, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0274 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8695, 70.1329, 22.5348)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC65 #6576ED

analogous

#ED9865 #EDDC65 #BAED65

triadic

#EDDC65 #65EDDC #DC65ED

tetradic

#EDDC65 #65ED98 #6576ED #ED65BA

square

#EDDC65 #65ED98 #6576ED #ED65BA

split-complementary

#EDDC65 #65BAED #9865ED

monochromatic

#C1AC17 #E7D02E #EDDC65 #F3E89C #FAF5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#EDDC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC65

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC65	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e695',
    500: '#eddc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc65;
$custom-light: #f6e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88552,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC65

secondary

#3748BF

accent

#24DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC65

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

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