#EDE34E#EDE34E

#EDE34E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.164 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE34E
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -13.50, 70.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 71.93, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0438 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.164 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7717, 73.4951, 18.0330)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE34E #4E58ED

analogous

#ED934E #EDE34E #A8ED4E

triadic

#EDE34E #4EEDE3 #E34EED

tetradic

#EDE34E #4EED93 #4E58ED #ED4EA8

square

#EDE34E #4EED93 #4E58ED #ED4EA8

split-complementary

#EDE34E #4EA8ED #934EED

monochromatic

#AFA512 #E6D917 #EDE34E #F3EC86 #F8F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#EDE34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE34E

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE34E	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.164 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb88',
    500: '#ede34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede34e;
$custom-light: #f6eb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89781,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE34E

secondary

#3038AF

accent

#15DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE34E

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

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