#EDDD59#EDDD59

#EDDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.151 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD59
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -9.89, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 65.49, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0324 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.151 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.5871, 70.4412, 19.7490)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD59 #5969ED

analogous

#ED9359 #EDDD59 #B3ED59

triadic

#EDDD59 #59EDDD #DD59ED

tetradic

#EDDD59 #59ED93 #5969ED #ED59B3

square

#EDDD59 #59ED93 #5969ED #ED59B3

split-complementary

#EDDD59 #59B3ED #9359ED

monochromatic

#B8A614 #E7D222 #EDDD59 #F3E890 #F9F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#EDDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD59

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD59	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)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.151 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e78d',
    500: '#eddd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd59;
$custom-light: #f6e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88637,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD59

secondary

#3341B7

accent

#20DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD59

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

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