#EDE34A#EDE34A

#EDE34A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.167 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE34A
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -13.70, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 73.41, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0448 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.167 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6327, 73.4394, 17.3006)
Luminance	0.7344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE34A #4A54ED

analogous

#ED914A #EDE34A #A5ED4A

triadic

#EDE34A #4AEDE3 #E34AED

tetradic

#EDE34A #4AED91 #4A54ED #ED4AA5

square

#EDE34A #4AED91 #4A54ED #ED4AA5

split-complementary

#EDE34A #4AA5ED #914AED

monochromatic

#ACA211 #E3D717 #EDE34A #F3EC82 #F8F4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EDE34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE34A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE34A	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.167 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb85',
    500: '#ede34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede34a;
$custom-light: #f7eb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.319,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89751,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE34A

secondary

#2F36AC

accent

#14DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE34A

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

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