#EDDD66#EDDD66

#EDDD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD66
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -9.01, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 59.93, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0285 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.1820, 70.6791, 22.8821)
Luminance	0.7068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD66 #6676ED

analogous

#ED9A66 #EDDD66 #BAED66

triadic

#EDDD66 #66EDDD #DD66ED

tetradic

#EDDD66 #66ED9A #6676ED #ED66BA

square

#EDDD66 #66ED9A #6676ED #ED66BA

split-complementary

#EDDD66 #66BAED #9A66ED

monochromatic

#C2AE17 #E7D12F #EDDD66 #F3E99D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#EDDD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD66

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD66	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e795',
    500: '#eddd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd66;
$custom-light: #f6e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88767,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD66

secondary

#3747C0

accent

#23DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD66

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

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