#EDE16D#EDE16D

#EDE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.138 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16D
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -10.49, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 58.30, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0319 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.138 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.6126, 72.9613, 25.1444)
Luminance	0.7296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16D #6D79ED

analogous

#EDA16D #EDE16D #B9ED6D

triadic

#EDE16D #6DEDE1 #E16DED

tetradic

#EDE16D #6DEDA1 #6D79ED #ED6DB9

square

#EDE16D #6DEDA1 #6D79ED #ED6DB9

split-complementary

#EDE16D #6DB9ED #A16DED

monochromatic

#C7B719 #E6D637 #EDE16D #F4ECA3 #FAF7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EDE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16D

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16D	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)

#F2DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.138 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9a',
    500: '#ede16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16d;
$custom-light: #f5ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89663,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16D

secondary

#3A47C5

accent

#1FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16D

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

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