#EDE162#EDE162

#EDE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE162
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -11.29, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 63.14, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0354 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0571, 72.7391, 22.2187)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE162 #626EED

analogous

#ED9B62 #EDE162 #B3ED62

triadic

#EDE162 #62EDE1 #E162ED

tetradic

#EDE162 #62ED9B #626EED #ED62B3

square

#EDE162 #62ED9B #626EED #ED62B3

split-complementary

#EDE162 #62B3ED #9B62ED

monochromatic

#BFB016 #E7D72B #EDE162 #F3EB99 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EDE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE162

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE162	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea93',
    500: '#ede162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede162;
$custom-light: #f6ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89545,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE162

secondary

#3642BD

accent

#1CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE162

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

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