#EDDE5E#EDDE5E

#EDDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.148 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE5E
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -10.07, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 63.75, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0324 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.148 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.0690, 71.0576, 20.9808)
Luminance	0.7106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE5E #5E6DED

analogous

#ED965E #EDDE5E #B5ED5E

triadic

#EDDE5E #5EEDDE #DE5EED

tetradic

#EDDE5E #5EED96 #5E6DED #ED5EB5

square

#EDDE5E #5EED96 #5E6DED #ED5EB5

split-complementary

#EDDE5E #5EB5ED #965EED

monochromatic

#BCAA15 #E7D327 #EDDE5E #F3E995 #F9F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EDDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE5E

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE5E	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)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.148 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e890',
    500: '#edde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde5e;
$custom-light: #f6e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8889,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE5E

secondary

#3543BA

accent

#1FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE5E

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

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