#EDE15A#EDE15A

#EDE15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.154 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE15A
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -11.82, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 66.50, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0378 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.154 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6981, 72.5955, 20.3279)
Luminance	0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE15A #5A66ED

analogous

#ED985A #EDE15A #B0ED5A

triadic

#EDE15A #5AEDE1 #E15AED

tetradic

#EDE15A #5AED98 #5A66ED #ED5AB0

square

#EDE15A #5AED98 #5A66ED #ED5AB0

split-complementary

#EDE15A #5AB0ED #985AED

monochromatic

#B8AB14 #E7D723 #EDE15A #F3EB91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EDE15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE15A

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE15A	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.154 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8e',
    500: '#ede15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede15a;
$custom-light: #f6ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89468,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE15A

secondary

#333EB8

accent

#1ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE15A

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

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