#EDDD6B#EDDD6B

#EDDD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD6B
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -8.64, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 57.70, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0269 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4375, 70.7813, 24.2276)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD6B #6B7BED

analogous

#ED9C6B #EDDD6B #BCED6B

triadic

#EDDD6B #6BEDDD #DD6BED

tetradic

#EDDD6B #6BED9C #6B7BED #ED6BBC

square

#EDDD6B #6BED9C #6B7BED #ED6BBC

split-complementary

#EDDD6B #6BBCED #9C6BED

monochromatic

#C6B018 #E6D034 #EDDD6B #F4EAA2 #FAF6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#EDDD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD6B

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD6B	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e799',
    500: '#eddd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd6b;
$custom-light: #f5e799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88822,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD6B

secondary

#394AC3

accent

#24DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD6B

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

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