#EDE04A#EDE04A

#EDE04A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.164 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE04A
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -12.22, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 72.38, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0406 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.164 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8193, 71.8127, 17.0295)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE04A #4A57ED

analogous

#ED8E4A #EDE04A #A8ED4A

triadic

#EDE04A #4AEDE0 #E04AED

tetradic

#EDE04A #4AED8E #4A57ED #ED4AA8

square

#EDE04A #4AED8E #4A57ED #ED4AA8

split-complementary

#EDE04A #4AA8ED #8E4AED

monochromatic

#AC9F11 #E3D317 #EDE04A #F3EA82 #F8F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDE04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EDE04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE04A

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE04A	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)

#F3D833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.164 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e985',
    500: '#ede04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede04a;
$custom-light: #f7e985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.215,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89131,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE04A

secondary

#2F39AC

accent

#18DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE04A

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

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