#EDDE66#EDDE66

#EDDE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE66
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -9.51, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 60.29, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0299 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.4468, 71.2087, 22.9704)
Luminance	0.7121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE66 #6675ED

analogous

#ED9B66 #EDDE66 #B9ED66

triadic

#EDDE66 #66EDDE #DE66ED

tetradic

#EDDE66 #66ED9B #6675ED #ED66B9

square

#EDDE66 #66ED9B #6675ED #ED66B9

split-complementary

#EDDE66 #66B9ED #9B66ED

monochromatic

#C2AF17 #E7D22F #EDDE66 #F3EA9D #FAF6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EDDE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE66

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE66	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)

#F0D85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e895',
    500: '#edde66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde66;
$custom-light: #f6e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88971,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE66

secondary

#3746C0

accent

#21DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE66

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

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