#EDE169#EDE169

#EDE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.141 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE169
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -10.79, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 60.08, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0332 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.141 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4022, 72.8771, 24.0361)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE169 #6975ED

analogous

#ED9F69 #EDE169 #B7ED69

triadic

#EDE169 #69EDE1 #E169ED

tetradic

#EDE169 #69ED9F #6975ED #ED69B7

square

#EDE169 #69ED9F #6975ED #ED69B7

split-complementary

#EDE169 #69B7ED #9F69ED

monochromatic

#C4B418 #E6D632 #EDE169 #F4ECA0 #FAF7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EDE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE169

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE169	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.141 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea97',
    500: '#ede169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede169;
$custom-light: #f5ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE169

secondary

#3845C2

accent

#1EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE169

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

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