#EDE271#EDE271

#EDE271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE271
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -10.67, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 56.87, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.032 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1040, 73.5916, 26.3948)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE271 #717CED

analogous

#EDA471 #EDE271 #BAED71

triadic

#EDE271 #71EDE2 #E271ED

tetradic

#EDE271 #71EDA4 #717CED #ED71BA

square

#EDE271 #71EDA4 #717CED #ED71BA

split-complementary

#EDE271 #71BAED #A471ED

monochromatic

#CABA1A #E6D73B #EDE271 #F4EDA7 #FBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EDE271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE271

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE271	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9d',
    500: '#ede271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede271;
$custom-light: #f5ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89915,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE271

secondary

#3D49C5

accent

#1EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE271

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

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