#EDDD5D#EDDD5D

#EDDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.148 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD5D
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -9.63, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 63.82, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0313 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.148 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7597, 70.5102, 20.6578)
Luminance	0.7051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD5D #5D6DED

analogous

#ED955D #EDDD5D #B5ED5D

triadic

#EDDD5D #5DEDDD #DD5DED

tetradic

#EDDD5D #5DED95 #5D6DED #ED5DB5

square

#EDDD5D #5DED95 #5D6DED #ED5DB5

split-complementary

#EDDD5D #5DB5ED #955DED

monochromatic

#BBA815 #E7D126 #EDDD5D #F3E994 #F9F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#EDDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD5D

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD5D	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)

#F0D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.148 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e790',
    500: '#eddd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd5d;
$custom-light: #f6e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88675,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD5D

secondary

#3443BA

accent

#21DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD5D

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

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