#EDE07B#EDE07B

#EDE07B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE07B
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -8.82, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 51.45, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0257 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(65.1576, 72.7480, 29.3446)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE07B #7B88ED

analogous

#EDA77B #EDE07B #C1ED7B

triadic

#EDE07B #7BEDE0 #E07BED

tetradic

#EDE07B #7BEDA7 #7B88ED #ED7BC1

square

#EDE07B #7BEDA7 #7B88ED #ED7BC1

split-complementary

#EDE07B #7BC1ED #A77BED

monochromatic

#D1BC1D #E6D345 #EDE07B #F4EDB1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE07B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EDE07B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE07B

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE07B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE07B	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede07b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9a3',
    500: '#ede07b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede07b;
$custom-light: #f5e9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede07b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89633,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.72746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE07B

secondary

#4654C6

accent

#24D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE07B

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

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