#EDE163#EDE163

#EDE163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE163
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -11.22, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 62.71, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0351 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1046, 72.7581, 22.4689)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE163 #636FED

analogous

#ED9C63 #EDE163 #B4ED63

triadic

#EDE163 #63EDE1 #E163ED

tetradic

#EDE163 #63ED9C #636FED #ED63B4

square

#EDE163 #63ED9C #636FED #ED63B4

split-complementary

#EDE163 #63B4ED #9C63ED

monochromatic

#C0B116 #E7D62C #EDE163 #F3EC9A #FAF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EDE163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE163

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE163	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)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea94',
    500: '#ede163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede163;
$custom-light: #f6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89555,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE163

secondary

#3642BE

accent

#1CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE163

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

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