#EDE05C#EDE05C

#EDE05C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05C
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -11.19, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 65.31, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0358 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5148, 72.0909, 20.6924)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05C #5C69ED

analogous

#ED985C #EDE05C #B1ED5C

triadic

#EDE05C #5CEDE0 #E05CED

tetradic

#EDE05C #5CED98 #5C69ED #ED5CB1

square

#EDE05C #5CED98 #5C69ED #ED5CB1

split-complementary

#EDE05C #5CB1ED #985CED

monochromatic

#BAAB15 #E7D625 #EDE05C #F3EA93 #F9F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EDE05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05C

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05C	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98f',
    500: '#ede05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05c;
$custom-light: #f6e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89281,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05C

secondary

#3440B9

accent

#1CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05C

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

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