#EDE16C#EDE16C

#EDE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16C
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -10.56, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 58.75, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0323 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5591, 72.9399, 24.8625)
Luminance	0.7294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16C #6C78ED

analogous

#EDA16C #EDE16C #B8ED6C

triadic

#EDE16C #6CEDE1 #E16CED

tetradic

#EDE16C #6CEDA1 #6C78ED #ED6CB8

square

#EDE16C #6CEDA1 #6C78ED #ED6CB8

split-complementary

#EDE16C #6CB8ED #A16CED

monochromatic

#C6B618 #E6D635 #EDE16C #F4ECA3 #FAF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EDE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16C

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16C	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea99',
    500: '#ede16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16c;
$custom-light: #f5ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89652,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16C

secondary

#3946C4

accent

#1EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16C

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

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