#EDDD5C#EDDD5C

#EDDD5C 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 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD5C
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -9.70, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 64.24, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0315 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7156, 70.4926, 20.4260)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD5C #5C6CED

analogous

#ED945C #EDDD5C #B5ED5C

triadic

#EDDD5C #5CEDDD #DD5CED

tetradic

#EDDD5C #5CED94 #5C6CED #ED5CB5

square

#EDDD5C #5CED94 #5C6CED #ED5CB5

split-complementary

#EDDD5C #5CB5ED #945CED

monochromatic

#BAA815 #E7D225 #EDDD5C #F3E893 #F9F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#EDDD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD5C

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD5C	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e78f',
    500: '#eddd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd5c;
$custom-light: #f6e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88665,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD5C

secondary

#3443B9

accent

#20DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD5C

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

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