#EDE14A#EDE14A

#EDE14A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.165 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE14A
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -12.71, 71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 72.72, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.042 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.165 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0888, 72.3518, 17.1193)
Luminance	0.7235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE14A #4A56ED

analogous

#ED8F4A #EDE14A #A7ED4A

triadic

#EDE14A #4AEDE1 #E14AED

tetradic

#EDE14A #4AED8F #4A56ED #ED4AA7

square

#EDE14A #4AED8F #4A56ED #ED4AA7

split-complementary

#EDE14A #4AA7ED #8F4AED

monochromatic

#ACA011 #E3D417 #EDE14A #F3EA82 #F8F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#EDE14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE14A

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE14A	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.165 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea85',
    500: '#ede14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede14a;
$custom-light: #f7ea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.583,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89338,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE14A

secondary

#2F38AC

accent

#17DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE14A

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

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