#EDE079#EDE079

#EDE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.125 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE079
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -8.99, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 52.39, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0264 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.125 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0337, 72.6984, 28.6919)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE079 #7986ED

analogous

#EDA679 #EDE079 #C0ED79

triadic

#EDE079 #79EDE0 #E079ED

tetradic

#EDE079 #79EDA6 #7986ED #ED79C0

square

#EDE079 #79EDA6 #7986ED #ED79C0

split-complementary

#EDE079 #79C0ED #A679ED

monochromatic

#D0BC1C #E6D443 #EDE079 #F4ECAF #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EDE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE079

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE079	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.125 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9a2',
    500: '#ede079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede079;
$custom-light: #f5e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89606,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE079

secondary

#4453C6

accent

#24D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE079

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

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