#EDDE63#EDDE63

#EDDE63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE63
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -9.73, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 61.61, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0309 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3007, 71.1503, 22.2010)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE63 #6372ED

analogous

#ED9963 #EDDE63 #B7ED63

triadic

#EDDE63 #63EDDE #DE63ED

tetradic

#EDDE63 #63ED99 #6372ED #ED63B7

square

#EDDE63 #63ED99 #6372ED #ED63B7

split-complementary

#EDDE63 #63B7ED #9963ED

monochromatic

#C0AD16 #E7D22C #EDDE63 #F3EA9A #FAF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#EDDE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE63

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE63	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e894',
    500: '#edde63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde63;
$custom-light: #f6e894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8894,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE63

secondary

#3645BE

accent

#21DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE63

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

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