#EDE16B#EDE16B

#EDE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.140 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16B
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -10.64, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 59.19, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0326 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.14 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5062, 72.9187, 24.5839)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16B #6B77ED

analogous

#EDA06B #EDE16B #B8ED6B

triadic

#EDE16B #6BEDE1 #E16BED

tetradic

#EDE16B #6BEDA0 #6B77ED #ED6BB8

square

#EDE16B #6BEDA0 #6B77ED #ED6BB8

split-complementary

#EDE16B #6BB8ED #A06BED

monochromatic

#C6B618 #E6D634 #EDE16B #F4ECA2 #FAF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EDE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16B

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16B	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)

#F2DA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.140 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea99',
    500: '#ede16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16b;
$custom-light: #f5ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8964,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16B

secondary

#3946C3

accent

#1EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16B

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

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