#EDDC78#EDDC78

#EDDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC78
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -7.07, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 51.33, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.021 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9103, 70.5493, 28.0165)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC78 #7889ED

analogous

#EDA178 #EDDC78 #C4ED78

triadic

#EDDC78 #78EDDC #DC78ED

tetradic

#EDDC78 #78EDA1 #7889ED #ED78C4

square

#EDDC78 #78EDA1 #7889ED #ED78C4

split-complementary

#EDDC78 #78C4ED #A178ED

monochromatic

#CFB51C #E6CE42 #EDDC78 #F4EAAE #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#EDDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC78

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC78	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6a1',
    500: '#eddc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc78;
$custom-light: #f5e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88779,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC78

secondary

#4356C6

accent

#2AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC78

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

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