#EDDD78#EDDD78

#EDDD78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.124 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD78
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -7.57, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 51.70, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0224 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.124 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1735, 71.0757, 28.1043)
Luminance	0.7107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD78 #7888ED

analogous

#EDA378 #EDDD78 #C2ED78

triadic

#EDDD78 #78EDDD #DD78ED

tetradic

#EDDD78 #78EDA3 #7888ED #ED78C2

square

#EDDD78 #78EDA3 #7888ED #ED78C2

split-complementary

#EDDD78 #78C2ED #A378ED

monochromatic

#CFB61C #E6CF42 #EDDD78 #F4EBAE #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EDDD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD78

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD78	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)

#EED86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.124 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a1',
    500: '#eddd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd78;
$custom-light: #f5e7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88982,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD78

secondary

#4355C6

accent

#29D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD78

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

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