#EDDD74#EDDD74

#EDDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD74
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -7.92, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 53.57, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0238 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9358, 70.9807, 26.8524)
Luminance	0.7098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD74 #7484ED

analogous

#EDA174 #EDDD74 #C1ED74

triadic

#EDDD74 #74EDDD #DD74ED

tetradic

#EDDD74 #74EDA1 #7484ED #ED74C1

square

#EDDD74 #74EDA1 #7484ED #ED74C1

split-complementary

#EDDD74 #74C1ED #A174ED

monochromatic

#CCB51A #E6D03E #EDDD74 #F4EAAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#EDDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD74

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD74	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e79e',
    500: '#eddd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd74;
$custom-light: #f5e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88931,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD74

secondary

#3F51C6

accent

#27D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD74

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

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