#EDE05B#EDE05B

#EDE05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.152 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05B
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -11.26, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 65.73, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0361 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.152 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4714, 72.0735, 20.4637)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05B #5B68ED

analogous

#ED975B #EDE05B #B1ED5B

triadic

#EDE05B #5BEDE0 #E05BED

tetradic

#EDE05B #5BED97 #5B68ED #ED5BB1

square

#EDE05B #5BED97 #5B68ED #ED5BB1

split-complementary

#EDE05B #5BB1ED #975BED

monochromatic

#B9AB14 #E7D624 #EDE05B #F3EA92 #F9F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#EDE05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05B

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05B	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)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.152 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98f',
    500: '#ede05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05b;
$custom-light: #f6e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89271,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05B

secondary

#3440B8

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05B

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

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