#EDE277#EDE277

#EDE277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.129 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE277
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -10.17, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 54.11, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.03 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.129 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4530, 73.7312, 28.2329)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE277 #7782ED

analogous

#EDA777 #EDE277 #BDED77

triadic

#EDE277 #77EDE2 #E277ED

tetradic

#EDE277 #77EDA7 #7782ED #ED77BD

square

#EDE277 #77EDA7 #7782ED #ED77BD

split-complementary

#EDE277 #77BDED #A777ED

monochromatic

#CEBE1B #E6D641 #EDE277 #F4EEAD #FBF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#EDE277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE277

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE277	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.129 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa1',
    500: '#ede277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede277;
$custom-light: #f5eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89989,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE277

secondary

#424EC6

accent

#20D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE277

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

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