#EDDE81#EDDE81

#EDDE81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE81
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -7.26, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 47.81, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0206 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0104, 71.8342, 31.2055)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE81 #8190ED

analogous

#EDA881 #EDDE81 #C6ED81

triadic

#EDDE81 #81EDDE #DE81ED

tetradic

#EDDE81 #81EDA8 #8190ED #ED81C6

square

#EDDE81 #81EDA8 #8190ED #ED81C6

split-complementary

#EDDE81 #81C6ED #A881ED

monochromatic

#D5BC1E #E5D04B #EDDE81 #F5ECB7 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#EDDE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE81

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE81	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8a7',
    500: '#edde81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde81;
$custom-light: #f5e8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89309,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE81

secondary

#4B5CC7

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE81

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

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