#EDDE80#EDDE80

#EDDE80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE80
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -7.35, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 48.29, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.021 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.9443, 71.8077, 30.8572)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE80 #808FED

analogous

#EDA880 #EDDE80 #C6ED80

triadic

#EDDE80 #80EDDE #DE80ED

tetradic

#EDDE80 #80EDA8 #808FED #ED80C6

square

#EDDE80 #80EDA8 #808FED #ED80C6

split-complementary

#EDDE80 #80C6ED #A880ED

monochromatic

#D4BB1E #E5D04A #EDDE80 #F5ECB6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EDDE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE80

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE80	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a6',
    500: '#edde80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde80;
$custom-light: #f5e8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89295,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE80

secondary

#4A5BC7

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE80

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

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