#EDE05D#EDE05D

#EDE05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05D
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -11.13, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 64.89, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0355 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.15 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5588, 72.1085, 20.9241)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05D #5D6AED

analogous

#ED985D #EDE05D #B2ED5D

triadic

#EDE05D #5DEDE0 #E05DED

tetradic

#EDE05D #5DED98 #5D6AED #ED5DB2

square

#EDE05D #5DED98 #5D6AED #ED5DB2

split-complementary

#EDE05D #5DB2ED #985DED

monochromatic

#BBAC15 #E7D526 #EDE05D #F3EB94 #F9F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EDE05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05D

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05D	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)

#F2D94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e990',
    500: '#ede05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05d;
$custom-light: #f6e990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8929,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05D

secondary

#3440BA

accent

#1CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05D

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

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