#EDDD60#EDDD60

#EDDD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD60
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -9.43, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 62.54, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0303 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8951, 70.5644, 21.3713)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD60 #6070ED

analogous

#ED9660 #EDDD60 #B7ED60

triadic

#EDDD60 #60EDDD #DD60ED

tetradic

#EDDD60 #60ED96 #6070ED #ED60B7

square

#EDDD60 #60ED96 #6070ED #ED60B7

split-complementary

#EDDD60 #60B7ED #9660ED

monochromatic

#BDAA15 #E7D129 #EDDD60 #F3E997 #F9F5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#EDDD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD60

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD60	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)

#EFD752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e792',
    500: '#eddd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd60;
$custom-light: #f6e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88705,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD60

secondary

#3545BC

accent

#21DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD60

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

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