#EDDD73#EDDD73

#EDDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD73
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -8.00, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 54.04, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0242 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8780, 70.9575, 26.5477)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD73 #7383ED

analogous

#EDA073 #EDDD73 #C0ED73

triadic

#EDDD73 #73EDDD #DD73ED

tetradic

#EDDD73 #73EDA0 #7383ED #ED73C0

square

#EDDD73 #73EDA0 #7383ED #ED73C0

split-complementary

#EDDD73 #73C0ED #A073ED

monochromatic

#CBB41A #E6D03D #EDDD73 #F4EAA9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#EDDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD73

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD73	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)

#EED769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e79e',
    500: '#eddd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd73;
$custom-light: #f5e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88918,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD73

secondary

#3F50C6

accent

#27D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD73

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

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