#EDE05E#EDE05E

#EDE05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05E
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -11.06, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 64.47, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0352 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.15 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6034, 72.1263, 21.1589)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05E #5E6BED

analogous

#ED985E #EDE05E #B3ED5E

triadic

#EDE05E #5EEDE0 #E05EED

tetradic

#EDE05E #5EED98 #5E6BED #ED5EB3

square

#EDE05E #5EED98 #5E6BED #ED5EB3

split-complementary

#EDE05E #5EB3ED #985EED

monochromatic

#BCAC15 #E7D527 #EDE05E #F3EB95 #F9F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EDE05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05E

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05E	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)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e991',
    500: '#ede05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05e;
$custom-light: #f6e991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.893,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05E

secondary

#3541BA

accent

#1CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05E

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

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