#EDE281#EDE281

#EDE281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE281
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -9.27, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 49.40, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0264 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.0854, 73.9842, 31.5638)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE281 #818CED

analogous

#EDAC81 #EDE281 #C2ED81

triadic

#EDE281 #81EDE2 #E281ED

tetradic

#EDE281 #81EDAC #818CED #ED81C2

square

#EDE281 #81EDAC #818CED #ED81C2

split-complementary

#EDE281 #81C2ED #AC81ED

monochromatic

#D5C31E #E5D64B #EDE281 #F5EEB7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EDE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE281

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE281	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa7',
    500: '#ede281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede281;
$custom-light: #f5eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90123,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE281

secondary

#4B58C7

accent

#23D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE281

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

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