#EDE265#EDE265

#EDE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE265
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -11.58, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 62.22, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0359 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4725, 73.3390, 23.0691)
Luminance	0.7334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE265 #6570ED

analogous

#ED9E65 #EDE265 #B4ED65

triadic

#EDE265 #65EDE2 #E265ED

tetradic

#EDE265 #65ED9E #6570ED #ED65B4

square

#EDE265 #65ED9E #6570ED #ED65B4

split-complementary

#EDE265 #65B4ED #9E65ED

monochromatic

#C1B317 #E7D82E #EDE265 #F3EC9C #FAF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EDE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE265

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE265	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea95',
    500: '#ede265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede265;
$custom-light: #f6ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89781,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE265

secondary

#3742BF

accent

#1BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE265

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

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