#EDDE6B#EDDE6B

#EDDE6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.137 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE6B
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -9.14, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 58.07, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0283 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.137 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7023, 71.3109, 24.3159)
Luminance	0.7131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE6B #6B7AED

analogous

#ED9D6B #EDDE6B #BBED6B

triadic

#EDDE6B #6BEDDE #DE6BED

tetradic

#EDDE6B #6BED9D #6B7AED #ED6BBB

square

#EDDE6B #6BED9D #6B7AED #ED6BBB

split-complementary

#EDDE6B #6BBBED #9D6BED

monochromatic

#C6B218 #E6D234 #EDDE6B #F4EAA2 #FAF6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#EDDE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE6B

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE6B	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.137 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e899',
    500: '#edde6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde6b;
$custom-light: #f5e899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89027,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE6B

secondary

#3949C3

accent

#23DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE6B

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

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