#EDDE78#EDDE78

#EDDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.125 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE78
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -8.08, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 52.08, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0239 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.125 101)
XYZ	xyz(64.4383, 71.6054, 28.1925)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE78 #7887ED

analogous

#EDA478 #EDDE78 #C1ED78

triadic

#EDDE78 #78EDDE #DE78ED

tetradic

#EDDE78 #78EDA4 #7887ED #ED78C1

square

#EDDE78 #78EDA4 #7887ED #ED78C1

split-complementary

#EDDE78 #78C1ED #A478ED

monochromatic

#CFB81C #E6D142 #EDDE78 #F4EBAE #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#EDDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE78

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE78	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)

#EFD86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.125 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a1',
    500: '#edde78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde78;
$custom-light: #f5e8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89186,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.71603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE78

secondary

#4354C6

accent

#27D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE78

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

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