#EDDD62#EDDD62

#EDDD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.144 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD62
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.29, -9.30, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.29, 61.68, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0297 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.144 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9884, 70.6017, 21.8625)
Luminance	0.7060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD62 #6272ED

analogous

#ED9862 #EDDD62 #B7ED62

triadic

#EDDD62 #62EDDD #DD62ED

tetradic

#EDDD62 #62ED98 #6272ED #ED62B7

square

#EDDD62 #62ED98 #6272ED #ED62B7

split-complementary

#EDDD62 #62B7ED #9862ED

monochromatic

#BFAB16 #E7D12B #EDDD62 #F3E999 #FAF5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#EDDD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD62

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD62	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.144 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e793',
    500: '#eddd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd62;
$custom-light: #f6e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88725,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD62

secondary

#3646BD

accent

#22DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD62

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

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