#EDDC74#EDDC74

#EDDC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC74
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -7.41, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 53.20, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0224 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6726, 70.4542, 26.7646)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC74 #7485ED

analogous

#EDA074 #EDDC74 #C2ED74

triadic

#EDDC74 #74EDDC #DC74ED

tetradic

#EDDC74 #74EDA0 #7485ED #ED74C2

square

#EDDC74 #74EDA0 #7485ED #ED74C2

split-complementary

#EDDC74 #74C2ED #A074ED

monochromatic

#CCB31A #E6CE3E #EDDC74 #F4EAAA #FBF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#EDDC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC74

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC74	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e69e',
    500: '#eddc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc74;
$custom-light: #f5e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88727,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC74

secondary

#3F52C6

accent

#29D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC74

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

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