#EDDE77#EDDE77

#EDDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.126 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE77
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -8.16, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 52.55, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0242 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.126 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3780, 71.5812, 27.8746)
Luminance	0.7158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE77 #7786ED

analogous

#EDA377 #EDDE77 #C1ED77

triadic

#EDDE77 #77EDDE #DE77ED

tetradic

#EDDE77 #77EDA3 #7786ED #ED77C1

square

#EDDE77 #77EDA3 #7786ED #ED77C1

split-complementary

#EDDE77 #77C1ED #A377ED

monochromatic

#CEB81B #E6D141 #EDDE77 #F4EBAD #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#EDDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE77

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE77	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.126 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a0',
    500: '#edde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde77;
$custom-light: #f5e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89173,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE77

secondary

#4253C6

accent

#27D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE77

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

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