#EDDD79#EDDD79

#EDDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD79
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -7.49, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 51.23, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.2345, 71.1001, 28.4255)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD79 #7989ED

analogous

#EDA379 #EDDD79 #C3ED79

triadic

#EDDD79 #79EDDD #DD79ED

tetradic

#EDDD79 #79EDA3 #7989ED #ED79C3

square

#EDDD79 #79EDA3 #7989ED #ED79C3

split-complementary

#EDDD79 #79C3ED #A379ED

monochromatic

#D0B71C #E6CF43 #EDDD79 #F4EBAF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#EDDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD79

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD79	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a2',
    500: '#eddd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd79;
$custom-light: #f5e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88996,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD79

secondary

#4456C6

accent

#29D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD79

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

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