#EDDD68#EDDD68

#EDDD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD68
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -8.87, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 59.04, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0278 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2824, 70.7193, 23.4108)
Luminance	0.7072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD68 #6878ED

analogous

#ED9B68 #EDDD68 #BBED68

triadic

#EDDD68 #68EDDD #DD68ED

tetradic

#EDDD68 #68ED9B #6878ED #ED68BB

square

#EDDD68 #68ED9B #6878ED #ED68BB

split-complementary

#EDDD68 #68BBED #9B68ED

monochromatic

#C3AF17 #E6D131 #EDDD68 #F4E99F #FAF6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#EDDD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD68

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD68	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)

#EFD75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e797',
    500: '#eddd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd68;
$custom-light: #f5e797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88789,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD68

secondary

#3848C1

accent

#24DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD68

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

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