#EDE15B#EDE15B

#EDE15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.153 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE15B
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -11.75, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 66.09, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0375 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.153 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7409, 72.6126, 20.5536)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE15B #5B67ED

analogous

#ED985B #EDE15B #B0ED5B

triadic

#EDE15B #5BEDE1 #E15BED

tetradic

#EDE15B #5BED98 #5B67ED #ED5BB0

square

#EDE15B #5BED98 #5B67ED #ED5BB0

split-complementary

#EDE15B #5BB0ED #985BED

monochromatic

#B9AC14 #E7D724 #EDE15B #F3EB92 #F9F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EDE15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE15B

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE15B	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)

#F3DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.153 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8f',
    500: '#ede15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede15b;
$custom-light: #f6ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89477,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE15B

secondary

#343FB8

accent

#1ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE15B

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

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