#EDE072#EDE072

#EDE072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE072
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -9.59, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 55.64, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0288 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6199, 72.5329, 26.5127)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE072 #727FED

analogous

#EDA372 #EDE072 #BCED72

triadic

#EDE072 #72EDE0 #E072ED

tetradic

#EDE072 #72EDA3 #727FED #ED72BC

square

#EDE072 #72EDA3 #727FED #ED72BC

split-complementary

#EDE072 #72BCED #A372ED

monochromatic

#CBB81A #E6D43C #EDE072 #F4ECA8 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EDE072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE072

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE072	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e99d',
    500: '#ede072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede072;
$custom-light: #f5e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89518,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE072

secondary

#3E4CC6

accent

#22DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE072

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

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