#EDDC66#EDDC66

#EDDC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC66
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -8.51, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 59.57, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.027 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9188, 70.1527, 22.7944)
Luminance	0.7015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC66 #6677ED

analogous

#ED9966 #EDDC66 #BBED66

triadic

#EDDC66 #66EDDC #DC66ED

tetradic

#EDDC66 #66ED99 #6677ED #ED66BB

square

#EDDC66 #66ED99 #6677ED #ED66BB

split-complementary

#EDDC66 #66BBED #9966ED

monochromatic

#C2AC17 #E7CF2F #EDDC66 #F3E99D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDDC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#EDDC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC66

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC66	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)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e695',
    500: '#eddc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc66;
$custom-light: #f6e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88563,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC66

secondary

#3748C0

accent

#25DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC66

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

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