#EDE160#EDE160

#EDE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE160
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -11.43, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 63.99, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.036 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.9638, 72.7018, 21.7276)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE160 #606CED

analogous

#ED9B60 #EDE160 #B2ED60

triadic

#EDE160 #60EDE1 #E160ED

tetradic

#EDE160 #60ED9B #606CED #ED60B2

square

#EDE160 #60ED9B #606CED #ED60B2

split-complementary

#EDE160 #60B2ED #9B60ED

monochromatic

#BDAF15 #E7D729 #EDE160 #F3EB97 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EDE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE160

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE160	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)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea92',
    500: '#ede160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede160;
$custom-light: #f6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89525,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.72699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE160

secondary

#3541BC

accent

#1BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE160

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

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