#EDE172#EDE172

#EDE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.133 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE172
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -10.09, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 56.03, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0303 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.133 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8895, 73.0720, 26.6025)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE172 #727EED

analogous

#EDA472 #EDE172 #BCED72

triadic

#EDE172 #72EDE1 #E172ED

tetradic

#EDE172 #72EDA4 #727EED #ED72BC

square

#EDE172 #72EDA4 #727EED #ED72BC

split-complementary

#EDE172 #72BCED #A472ED

monochromatic

#CBB91A #E6D53C #EDE172 #F4EDA8 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EDE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE172

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE172	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.133 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9d',
    500: '#ede172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede172;
$custom-light: #f5ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89722,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE172

secondary

#3E4BC6

accent

#20DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE172

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

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