#EDDE76#EDDE76

#EDDE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE76
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -8.25, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 53.02, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0246 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3182, 71.5573, 27.5600)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE76 #7685ED

analogous

#EDA376 #EDDE76 #C1ED76

triadic

#EDDE76 #76EDDE #DE76ED

tetradic

#EDDE76 #76EDA3 #7685ED #ED76C1

square

#EDDE76 #76EDA3 #7685ED #ED76C1

split-complementary

#EDDE76 #76C1ED #A376ED

monochromatic

#CEB71B #E6D140 #EDDE76 #F4EBAC #FBF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#EDDE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE76

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE76	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a0',
    500: '#edde76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde76;
$custom-light: #f5e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 76.774,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8916,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE76

secondary

#4152C6

accent

#26D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE76

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

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