#EDE262#EDE262

#EDE262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE262
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -11.79, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 63.51, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0369 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.3282, 73.2813, 22.3091)
Luminance	0.7328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE262 #626DED

analogous

#ED9C62 #EDE262 #B2ED62

triadic

#EDE262 #62EDE2 #E262ED

tetradic

#EDE262 #62ED9C #626DED #ED62B2

square

#EDE262 #62ED9C #626DED #ED62B2

split-complementary

#EDE262 #62B2ED #9C62ED

monochromatic

#BFB116 #E7D82B #EDE262 #F3EC99 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EDE262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE262

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE262	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea93',
    500: '#ede262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede262;
$custom-light: #f6ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8975,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE262

secondary

#3641BD

accent

#1ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE262

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

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