#EDE28D#EDE28D

#EDE28D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE28D
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -8.07, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 43.60, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0219 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9304, 74.3222, 36.0141)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE28D #8D98ED

analogous

#EDB28D #EDE28D #C8ED8D

triadic

#EDE28D #8DEDE2 #E28DED

tetradic

#EDE28D #8DEDB2 #8D98ED #ED8DC8

square

#EDE28D #8DEDB2 #8D98ED #ED8DC8

split-complementary

#EDE28D #8DC8ED #B28DED

monochromatic

#DCC723 #E5D558 #EDE28D #F5EFC2 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EDE28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE28D

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE28D	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebaf',
    500: '#ede28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede28d;
$custom-light: #f4ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90301,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE28D

secondary

#5663C8

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE28D

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

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