#EDDE68#EDDE68

#EDDE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE68
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -9.37, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 59.41, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0293 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5472, 71.2489, 23.4991)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE68 #6877ED

analogous

#ED9C68 #EDDE68 #BAED68

triadic

#EDDE68 #68EDDE #DE68ED

tetradic

#EDDE68 #68ED9C #6877ED #ED68BA

square

#EDDE68 #68ED9C #6877ED #ED68BA

split-complementary

#EDDE68 #68BAED #9C68ED

monochromatic

#C3B017 #E6D231 #EDDE68 #F4EA9F #FAF6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#EDDE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE68

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE68	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e897',
    500: '#edde68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde68;
$custom-light: #f5e897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88993,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE68

secondary

#3847C1

accent

#22DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE68

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

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