#EDDE65#EDDE65

#EDDE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE65
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -9.59, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 60.73, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0302 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3975, 71.1890, 22.7108)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE65 #6574ED

analogous

#ED9A65 #EDDE65 #B8ED65

triadic

#EDDE65 #65EDDE #DE65ED

tetradic

#EDDE65 #65ED9A #6574ED #ED65B8

square

#EDDE65 #65ED9A #6574ED #ED65B8

split-complementary

#EDDE65 #65B8ED #9A65ED

monochromatic

#C1AE17 #E7D22E #EDDE65 #F3EA9C #FAF5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EDDE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE65

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE65	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e895',
    500: '#edde65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde65;
$custom-light: #f6e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88961,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE65

secondary

#3746BF

accent

#21DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE65

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

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