#EDE168#EDE168

#EDE168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE168
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -10.87, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 60.53, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0336 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3511, 72.8567, 23.7670)
Luminance	0.7285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE168 #6874ED

analogous

#ED9E68 #EDE168 #B7ED68

triadic

#EDE168 #68EDE1 #E168ED

tetradic

#EDE168 #68ED9E #6874ED #ED68B7

square

#EDE168 #68ED9E #6874ED #ED68B7

split-complementary

#EDE168 #68B7ED #9E68ED

monochromatic

#C3B417 #E6D631 #EDE168 #F4EC9F #FAF7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EDE168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE168

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE168	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea97',
    500: '#ede168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede168;
$custom-light: #f5ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89607,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE168

secondary

#3844C1

accent

#1DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE168

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

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