#EDE164#EDE164

#EDE164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.146 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE164
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -11.15, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 62.28, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0348 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.146 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1527, 72.7773, 22.7223)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE164 #6470ED

analogous

#ED9C64 #EDE164 #B4ED64

triadic

#EDE164 #64EDE1 #E164ED

tetradic

#EDE164 #64ED9C #6470ED #ED64B4

square

#EDE164 #64ED9C #6470ED #ED64B4

split-complementary

#EDE164 #64B4ED #9C64ED

monochromatic

#C0B116 #E7D62D #EDE164 #F3EC9B #FAF6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#EDE164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE164

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE164	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.146 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea94',
    500: '#ede164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede164;
$custom-light: #f6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89565,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE164

secondary

#3743BF

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE164

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

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