#EDDD6C#EDDD6C

#EDDD6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD6C
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -8.56, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 57.24, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0265 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.135 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4904, 70.8025, 24.5063)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD6C #6C7CED

analogous

#ED9C6C #EDDD6C #BDED6C

triadic

#EDDD6C #6CEDDD #DD6CED

tetradic

#EDDD6C #6CED9C #6C7CED #ED6CBD

square

#EDDD6C #6CED9C #6C7CED #ED6CBD

split-complementary

#EDDD6C #6CBDED #9C6CED

monochromatic

#C6B118 #E6D035 #EDDD6C #F4EAA3 #FAF6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EDDD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#EDDD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD6C

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD6C	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)

#EFD761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.135 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e799',
    500: '#eddd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd6c;
$custom-light: #f5e799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88834,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD6C

secondary

#394BC4

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD6C

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

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