#EDE14E#EDE14E

#EDE14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.162 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE14E
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -12.51, 70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 71.24, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.041 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.162 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2279, 72.4074, 17.8517)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE14E #4E5AED

analogous

#ED924E #EDE14E #A9ED4E

triadic

#EDE14E #4EEDE1 #E14EED

tetradic

#EDE14E #4EED92 #4E5AED #ED4EA9

square

#EDE14E #4EED92 #4E5AED #ED4EA9

split-complementary

#EDE14E #4EA9ED #924EED

monochromatic

#AFA312 #E6D717 #EDE14E #F3EA86 #F8F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#EDE14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE14E

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE14E	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.162 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea87',
    500: '#ede14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede14e;
$custom-light: #f6ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE14E

secondary

#303AAF

accent

#18DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE14E

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

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