#EDDC81#EDDC81

#EDDC81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDC81
RGB	rgb(237, 220, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -6.25, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 47.04, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0177 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(64.4824, 70.7781, 31.0295)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDC81 #8192ED

analogous

#EDA681 #EDDC81 #C8ED81

triadic

#EDDC81 #81EDDC #DC81ED

tetradic

#EDDC81 #81EDA6 #8192ED #ED81C8

square

#EDDC81 #81EDA6 #8192ED #ED81C8

split-complementary

#EDDC81 #81C8ED #A681ED

monochromatic

#D5B81E #E5CD4B #EDDC81 #F5EBB7 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#EDDC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDC81

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDC81	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 220, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6a7',
    500: '#eddc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddc81;
$custom-light: #f5e6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88904,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.70776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDC81

secondary

#4B5FC7

accent

#2ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDC81

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

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