#EDE260#EDE260

#EDE260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE260
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -11.93, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 64.36, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0375 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2350, 73.2440, 21.8180)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE260 #606BED

analogous

#ED9B60 #EDE260 #B2ED60

triadic

#EDE260 #60EDE2 #E260ED

tetradic

#EDE260 #60ED9B #606BED #ED60B2

square

#EDE260 #60ED9B #606BED #ED60B2

split-complementary

#EDE260 #60B2ED #9B60ED

monochromatic

#BDB015 #E7D829 #EDE260 #F3EC97 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EDE260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE260

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE260	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea92',
    500: '#ede260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede260;
$custom-light: #f6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8973,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE260

secondary

#3540BC

accent

#1ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE260

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

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