#EDE16A#EDE16A

#EDE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16A
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 55.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -10.72, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 59.64, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0329 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4539, 72.8978, 24.3084)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16A #6A76ED

analogous

#EDA06A #EDE16A #B7ED6A

triadic

#EDE16A #6AEDE1 #E16AED

tetradic

#EDE16A #6AEDA0 #6A76ED #ED6AB7

square

#EDE16A #6AEDA0 #6A76ED #ED6AB7

split-complementary

#EDE16A #6AB7ED #A06AED

monochromatic

#C5B518 #E6D633 #EDE16A #F4ECA1 #FAF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EDE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16A

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16A	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)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea98',
    500: '#ede16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16a;
$custom-light: #f5ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89629,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16A

secondary

#3945C3

accent

#1EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16A

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

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