#EDE178#EDE178

#EDE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE178
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -9.58, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 53.25, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0282 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.2422, 73.2131, 28.4605)
Luminance	0.7321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE178 #7884ED

analogous

#EDA678 #EDE178 #BFED78

triadic

#EDE178 #78EDE1 #E178ED

tetradic

#EDE178 #78EDA6 #7884ED #ED78BF

square

#EDE178 #78EDA6 #7884ED #ED78BF

split-complementary

#EDE178 #78BFED #A678ED

monochromatic

#CFBD1C #E6D542 #EDE178 #F4EDAE #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#EDE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE178

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE178	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa1',
    500: '#ede178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede178;
$custom-light: #f5eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89797,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE178

secondary

#4351C6

accent

#22D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE178

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

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