#EDDD65#EDDD65

#EDDD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD65
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -9.09, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 60.37, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0288 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1327, 70.6594, 22.6225)
Luminance	0.7066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD65 #6575ED

analogous

#ED9965 #EDDD65 #B9ED65

triadic

#EDDD65 #65EDDD #DD65ED

tetradic

#EDDD65 #65ED99 #6575ED #ED65B9

square

#EDDD65 #65ED99 #6575ED #ED65B9

split-complementary

#EDDD65 #65B9ED #9965ED

monochromatic

#C1AD17 #E7D12E #EDDD65 #F3E99C #FAF5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#EDDD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD65

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD65	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e795',
    500: '#eddd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd65;
$custom-light: #f6e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88756,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD65

secondary

#3747BF

accent

#23DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD65

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

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