#EDE263#EDE263

#EDE263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE263
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -11.72, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 63.08, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0366 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.3757, 73.3003, 22.5593)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE263 #636EED

analogous

#ED9D63 #EDE263 #B3ED63

triadic

#EDE263 #63EDE2 #E263ED

tetradic

#EDE263 #63ED9D #636EED #ED63B3

square

#EDE263 #63ED9D #636EED #ED63B3

split-complementary

#EDE263 #63B3ED #9D63ED

monochromatic

#C0B216 #E7D82C #EDE263 #F3EC9A #FAF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EDE263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE263

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE263	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)

#F4DB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea94',
    500: '#ede263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede263;
$custom-light: #f6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8976,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE263

secondary

#3641BE

accent

#1BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE263

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

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