#EDDE73#EDDE73

#EDDE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE73
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -8.50, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 54.41, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0256 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1428, 71.4871, 26.6360)
Luminance	0.7148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE73 #7382ED

analogous

#EDA173 #EDDE73 #BFED73

triadic

#EDDE73 #73EDDE #DE73ED

tetradic

#EDDE73 #73EDA1 #7382ED #ED73BF

square

#EDDE73 #73EDA1 #7382ED #ED73BF

split-complementary

#EDDE73 #73BFED #A173ED

monochromatic

#CBB61A #E6D13D #EDDE73 #F4EBA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#EDDE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE73

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE73	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e89e',
    500: '#edde73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde73;
$custom-light: #f5e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89122,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE73

secondary

#3F4FC6

accent

#25D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE73

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

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