#EDE272#EDE272

#EDE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.134 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE272
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -10.59, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 56.42, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0317 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.134 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1606, 73.6143, 26.6929)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE272 #727DED

analogous

#EDA572 #EDE272 #BBED72

triadic

#EDE272 #72EDE2 #E272ED

tetradic

#EDE272 #72EDA5 #727DED #ED72BB

square

#EDE272 #72EDA5 #727DED #ED72BB

split-complementary

#EDE272 #72BBED #A572ED

monochromatic

#CBBB1A #E6D73C #EDE272 #F4EDA8 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EDE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE272

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE272	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)

#F3DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.134 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9d',
    500: '#ede272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede272;
$custom-light: #f5ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89927,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE272

secondary

#3E4AC6

accent

#1EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE272

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

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