#EDE05A#EDE05A

#EDE05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.153 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05A
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -11.32, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 66.14, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0364 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.153 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.4285, 72.0564, 20.2380)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05A #5A67ED

analogous

#ED975A #EDE05A #B1ED5A

triadic

#EDE05A #5AEDE0 #E05AED

tetradic

#EDE05A #5AED97 #5A67ED #ED5AB1

square

#EDE05A #5AED97 #5A67ED #ED5AB1

split-complementary

#EDE05A #5AB1ED #975AED

monochromatic

#B8AA14 #E7D623 #EDE05A #F3EA91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#EDE05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05A

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05A	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.153 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98e',
    500: '#ede05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05a;
$custom-light: #f6e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89262,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05A

secondary

#333FB8

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05A

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

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