#EDDD83#EDDD83

#EDDD83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.112 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDD83
RGB	rgb(237, 221, 131)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 44.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -6.56, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 46.46, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0184 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.112 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8799, 71.3583, 31.8242)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDD83 #8393ED

analogous

#EDA883 #EDDD83 #C8ED83

triadic

#EDDD83 #83EDDD #DD83ED

tetradic

#EDDD83 #83EDA8 #8393ED #ED83C8

square

#EDDD83 #83EDA8 #8393ED #ED83C8

split-complementary

#EDDD83 #83C8ED #A883ED

monochromatic

#D6BB1F #E5CE4E #EDDD83 #F5ECB8 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#EDDD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDD83

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDD83	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eddd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 221, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.112 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a8',
    500: '#eddd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eddd83;
$custom-light: #f4e7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eddd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89135,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDD83

secondary

#4D5FC7

accent

#2DD70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDD83

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

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