#EDDD77#EDDD77

#EDDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.125 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD77
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -7.66, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 52.17, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0228 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.125 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1132, 71.0516, 27.7863)
Luminance	0.7105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD77 #7787ED

analogous

#EDA277 #EDDD77 #C2ED77

triadic

#EDDD77 #77EDDD #DD77ED

tetradic

#EDDD77 #77EDA2 #7787ED #ED77C2

square

#EDDD77 #77EDA2 #7787ED #ED77C2

split-complementary

#EDDD77 #77C2ED #A277ED

monochromatic

#CEB61B #E6CF41 #EDDD77 #F4EBAD #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EDDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD77

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD77	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.125 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a0',
    500: '#eddd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd77;
$custom-light: #f5e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88969,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD77

secondary

#4254C6

accent

#28D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD77

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →