#EDE280#EDE280

#EDE280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.120 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE280
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 46%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -9.36, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 49.88, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0268 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.12 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.0193, 73.9577, 31.2155)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE280 #808BED

analogous

#EDAC80 #EDE280 #C2ED80

triadic

#EDE280 #80EDE2 #E280ED

tetradic

#EDE280 #80EDAC #808BED #ED80C2

square

#EDE280 #80EDAC #808BED #ED80C2

split-complementary

#EDE280 #80C2ED #AC80ED

monochromatic

#D4C21E #E5D64A #EDE280 #F5EEB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EDE280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE280

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE280	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.120 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa7',
    500: '#ede280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede280;
$custom-light: #f5eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90109,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE280

secondary

#4A57C7

accent

#22D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE280

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

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