#EDE16F#EDE16F

#EDE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.136 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE16F
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 53.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -10.33, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 57.39, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0313 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.136 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.7215, 73.0048, 25.7179)
Luminance	0.7300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE16F #6F7BED

analogous

#EDA26F #EDE16F #BAED6F

triadic

#EDE16F #6FEDE1 #E16FED

tetradic

#EDE16F #6FEDA2 #6F7BED #ED6FBA

square

#EDE16F #6FEDA2 #6F7BED #ED6FBA

split-complementary

#EDE16F #6FBAED #A26FED

monochromatic

#C9B819 #E6D639 #EDE16F #F4ECA5 #FBF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#EDE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE16F

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE16F	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)

#F2DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.136 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9b',
    500: '#ede16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede16f;
$custom-light: #f5ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89686,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE16F

secondary

#3B48C5

accent

#1FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE16F

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

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