#EDE165#EDE165

#EDE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE165
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -11.08, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 61.84, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0345 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2014, 72.7968, 22.9787)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE165 #6571ED

analogous

#ED9D65 #EDE165 #B5ED65

triadic

#EDE165 #65EDE1 #E165ED

tetradic

#EDE165 #65ED9D #6571ED #ED65B5

square

#EDE165 #65ED9D #6571ED #ED65B5

split-complementary

#EDE165 #65B5ED #9D65ED

monochromatic

#C1B217 #E7D62E #EDE165 #F3EC9C #FAF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#EDE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE165

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE165	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)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea95',
    500: '#ede165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede165;
$custom-light: #f6ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89575,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE165

secondary

#3743BF

accent

#1DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE165

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

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