#EDDE79#EDDE79

#EDDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE79
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -7.99, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 51.61, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0235 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(64.4994, 71.6298, 28.5138)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE79 #7988ED

analogous

#EDA479 #EDDE79 #C2ED79

triadic

#EDDE79 #79EDDE #DE79ED

tetradic

#EDDE79 #79EDA4 #7988ED #ED79C2

square

#EDDE79 #79EDA4 #7988ED #ED79C2

split-complementary

#EDDE79 #79C2ED #A479ED

monochromatic

#D0B81C #E6D143 #EDDE79 #F4EBAF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#EDDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE79

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE79	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a2',
    500: '#edde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde79;
$custom-light: #f5e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89199,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.71628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE79

secondary

#4455C6

accent

#27D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE79

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

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