#EDDE6C#EDDE6C

#EDDE6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE6C
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -9.06, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 57.62, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.028 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7552, 71.3321, 24.5946)
Luminance	0.7133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE6C #6C7BED

analogous

#ED9D6C #EDDE6C #BCED6C

triadic

#EDDE6C #6CEDDE #DE6CED

tetradic

#EDDE6C #6CED9D #6C7BED #ED6CBC

square

#EDDE6C #6CED9D #6C7BED #ED6CBC

split-complementary

#EDDE6C #6CBCED #9D6CED

monochromatic

#C6B218 #E6D235 #EDDE6C #F4EAA3 #FAF6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#EDDE6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE6C

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE6C	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e899',
    500: '#edde6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde6c;
$custom-light: #f5e899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89038,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE6C

secondary

#3949C4

accent

#23DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE6C

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

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