#EDE24E#EDE24E

#EDE24E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.163 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE24E
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -13.00, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 71.58, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0424 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.163 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4990, 72.9496, 17.9421)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE24E #4E59ED

analogous

#ED934E #EDE24E #A9ED4E

triadic

#EDE24E #4EEDE2 #E24EED

tetradic

#EDE24E #4EED93 #4E59ED #ED4EA9

square

#EDE24E #4EED93 #4E59ED #ED4EA9

split-complementary

#EDE24E #4EA9ED #934EED

monochromatic

#AFA412 #E6D817 #EDE24E #F3EB86 #F8F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EDE24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE24E

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE24E	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.163 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea87',
    500: '#ede24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede24e;
$custom-light: #f6ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.849,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89574,
    "c": 0.16327,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE24E

secondary

#3039AF

accent

#16DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE24E

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

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