#EDE15C#EDE15C

#EDE15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.152 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE15C
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -11.69, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 65.67, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0372 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7843, 72.6300, 20.7823)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE15C #5C68ED

analogous

#ED985C #EDE15C #B1ED5C

triadic

#EDE15C #5CEDE1 #E15CED

tetradic

#EDE15C #5CED98 #5C68ED #ED5CB1

square

#EDE15C #5CED98 #5C68ED #ED5CB1

split-complementary

#EDE15C #5CB1ED #985CED

monochromatic

#BAAC15 #E7D725 #EDE15C #F3EB93 #F9F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#EDE15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE15C

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE15C	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.152 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8f',
    500: '#ede15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede15c;
$custom-light: #f6ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89486,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE15C

secondary

#343FB9

accent

#1BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE15C

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

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