#EDE174#EDE174

#EDE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.131 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE174
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -9.92, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 55.11, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0296 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.131 103)
XYZ	xyz(65.0045, 73.1180, 27.2086)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE174 #7480ED

analogous

#EDA574 #EDE174 #BCED74

triadic

#EDE174 #74EDE1 #E174ED

tetradic

#EDE174 #74EDA5 #7480ED #ED74BC

square

#EDE174 #74EDA5 #7480ED #ED74BC

split-complementary

#EDE174 #74BCED #A574ED

monochromatic

#CCBB1A #E6D53E #EDE174 #F4EDAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EDE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE174

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE174	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.131 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9f',
    500: '#ede174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede174;
$custom-light: #f5ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89747,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.73116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE174

secondary

#3F4DC6

accent

#21D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE174

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

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