#EDE070#EDE070

#EDE070 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.134 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE070
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -9.75, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 56.56, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0295 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.134 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5073, 72.4879, 25.9197)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE070 #707DED

analogous

#EDA170 #EDE070 #BBED70

triadic

#EDE070 #70EDE0 #E070ED

tetradic

#EDE070 #70EDA1 #707DED #ED70BB

square

#EDE070 #70EDA1 #707DED #ED70BB

split-complementary

#EDE070 #70BBED #A170ED

monochromatic

#C9B719 #E6D43A #EDE070 #F4ECA6 #FBF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#EDE070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE070

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE070	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.134 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e99c',
    500: '#ede070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede070;
$custom-light: #f5e99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89494,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE070

secondary

#3C4AC5

accent

#21DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE070

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

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