#EDDD5E#EDDD5E

#EDDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD5E
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -9.57, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 63.40, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.031 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8042, 70.5280, 20.8926)
Luminance	0.7053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD5E #5E6EED

analogous

#ED965E #EDDD5E #B5ED5E

triadic

#EDDD5E #5EEDDD #DD5EED

tetradic

#EDDD5E #5EED96 #5E6EED #ED5EB5

square

#EDDD5E #5EED96 #5E6EED #ED5EB5

split-complementary

#EDDD5E #5EB5ED #965EED

monochromatic

#BCA915 #E7D127 #EDDD5E #F3E995 #F9F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#EDDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD5E

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD5E	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e790',
    500: '#eddd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd5e;
$custom-light: #f6e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88685,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD5E

secondary

#3544BA

accent

#21DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD5E

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

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