#EDE16E#EDE16E

#EDE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.137 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16E
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -10.41, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 57.85, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0316 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.137 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.6667, 72.9829, 25.4296)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16E #6E7AED

analogous

#EDA26E #EDE16E #B9ED6E

triadic

#EDE16E #6EEDE1 #E16EED

tetradic

#EDE16E #6EEDA2 #6E7AED #ED6EB9

square

#EDE16E #6EEDA2 #6E7AED #ED6EB9

split-complementary

#EDE16E #6EB9ED #A26EED

monochromatic

#C8B719 #E6D638 #EDE16E #F4ECA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#EDE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16E

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16E	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.137 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9b',
    500: '#ede16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16e;
$custom-light: #f5ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89675,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16E

secondary

#3A47C5

accent

#1FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16E

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

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