#EDE264#EDE264

#EDE264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.147 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE264
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 100)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -11.65, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 62.65, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0362 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.147 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4238, 73.3196, 22.8126)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE264 #646FED

analogous

#ED9D64 #EDE264 #B4ED64

triadic

#EDE264 #64EDE2 #E264ED

tetradic

#EDE264 #64ED9D #646FED #ED64B4

square

#EDE264 #64ED9D #646FED #ED64B4

split-complementary

#EDE264 #64B4ED #9D64ED

monochromatic

#C0B316 #E7D82D #EDE264 #F3EC9B #FAF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EDE264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE264

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE264	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)

#F4DB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.147 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea94',
    500: '#ede264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede264;
$custom-light: #f6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89771,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE264

secondary

#3742BF

accent

#1BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE264

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

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