#EDE15F#EDE15F

#EDE15F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE15F
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -11.50, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 64.42, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0363 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.9181, 72.6835, 21.4866)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE15F #5F6BED

analogous

#ED9A5F #EDE15F #B2ED5F

triadic

#EDE15F #5FEDE1 #E15FED

tetradic

#EDE15F #5FED9A #5F6BED #ED5FB2

square

#EDE15F #5FED9A #5F6BED #ED5FB2

split-complementary

#EDE15F #5FB2ED #9A5FED

monochromatic

#BCAE15 #E7D728 #EDE15F #F3EB96 #F9F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EDE15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE15F

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE15F	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea91',
    500: '#ede15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede15f;
$custom-light: #f6ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89515,
    "c": 0.14981,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.72681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE15F

secondary

#3540BB

accent

#1BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE15F

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

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