#EDDD72#EDDD72

#EDDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD72
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -8.08, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 54.50, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0245 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8208, 70.9346, 26.2463)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD72 #7282ED

analogous

#EDA072 #EDDD72 #C0ED72

triadic

#EDDD72 #72EDDD #DD72ED

tetradic

#EDDD72 #72EDA0 #7282ED #ED72C0

square

#EDDD72 #72EDA0 #7282ED #ED72C0

split-complementary

#EDDD72 #72C0ED #A072ED

monochromatic

#CBB41A #E6D03C #EDDD72 #F4EAA8 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#EDDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD72

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD72	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e79d',
    500: '#eddd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd72;
$custom-light: #f5e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88906,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD72

secondary

#3E4FC6

accent

#27DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD72

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

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