#EDDE6D#EDDE6D

#EDDE6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.135 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE6D
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -8.99, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 57.16, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0276 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.135 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8087, 71.3535, 24.8765)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE6D #6D7CED

analogous

#ED9E6D #EDDE6D #BCED6D

triadic

#EDDE6D #6DEDDE #DE6DED

tetradic

#EDDE6D #6DED9E #6D7CED #ED6DBC

square

#EDDE6D #6DED9E #6D7CED #ED6DBC

split-complementary

#EDDE6D #6DBCED #9E6DED

monochromatic

#C7B319 #E6D237 #EDDE6D #F4EAA3 #FAF7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EDDE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#EDDE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE6D

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE6D	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)

#EFD862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.135 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e89a',
    500: '#edde6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde6d;
$custom-light: #f5e89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8905,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE6D

secondary

#3A4AC5

accent

#23DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE6D

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

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