#EDDE74#EDDE74

#EDDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE74
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -8.42, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 53.95, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0253 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2007, 71.5103, 26.9407)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE74 #7483ED

analogous

#EDA274 #EDDE74 #C0ED74

triadic

#EDDE74 #74EDDE #DE74ED

tetradic

#EDDE74 #74EDA2 #7483ED #ED74C0

square

#EDDE74 #74EDA2 #7483ED #ED74C0

split-complementary

#EDDE74 #74C0ED #A274ED

monochromatic

#CCB61A #E6D13E #EDDE74 #F4EBAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#EDDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE74

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE74	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)

#EFD86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e89e',
    500: '#edde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde74;
$custom-light: #f5e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89134,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE74

secondary

#3F50C6

accent

#26D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE74

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

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