#EDE05F#EDE05F

#EDE05F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE05F
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -11.00, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 64.05, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0349 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6485, 72.1444, 21.3968)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE05F #5F6CED

analogous

#ED995F #EDE05F #B3ED5F

triadic

#EDE05F #5FEDE0 #E05FED

tetradic

#EDE05F #5FED99 #5F6CED #ED5FB3

square

#EDE05F #5FED99 #5F6CED #ED5FB3

split-complementary

#EDE05F #5FB3ED #995FED

monochromatic

#BCAD15 #E7D528 #EDE05F #F3EB96 #F9F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#EDE05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE05F

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE05F	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e991',
    500: '#ede05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede05f;
$custom-light: #f6e991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89309,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE05F

secondary

#3541BB

accent

#1DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE05F

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

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