#EDDD5B#EDDD5B

#EDDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD5B
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -9.76, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 64.66, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0318 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6722, 70.4752, 20.1973)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD5B #5B6BED

analogous

#ED945B #EDDD5B #B4ED5B

triadic

#EDDD5B #5BEDDD #DD5BED

tetradic

#EDDD5B #5BED94 #5B6BED #ED5BB4

square

#EDDD5B #5BED94 #5B6BED #ED5BB4

split-complementary

#EDDD5B #5BB4ED #945BED

monochromatic

#B9A714 #E7D224 #EDDD5B #F3E892 #F9F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#EDDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD5B

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD5B	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)

#F0D64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e78f',
    500: '#eddd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd5b;
$custom-light: #f6e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88656,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD5B

secondary

#3442B8

accent

#20DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD5B

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

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