#EDE266#EDE266

#EDE266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.145 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE266
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -11.51, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 61.78, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0356 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.145 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5218, 73.3588, 23.3287)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE266 #6671ED

analogous

#ED9F66 #EDE266 #B5ED66

triadic

#EDE266 #66EDE2 #E266ED

tetradic

#EDE266 #66ED9F #6671ED #ED66B5

square

#EDE266 #66ED9F #6671ED #ED66B5

split-complementary

#EDE266 #66B5ED #9F66ED

monochromatic

#C2B417 #E7D82F #EDE266 #F3EC9D #FAF7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EDE266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE266

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE266	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)

#F4DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.145 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea96',
    500: '#ede266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede266;
$custom-light: #f6ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89791,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE266

secondary

#3742C0

accent

#1BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE266

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

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