#EDE35A#EDE35A

#EDE35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE35A
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -12.81, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 67.23, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0406 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.156 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2419, 73.6831, 20.5092)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE35A #5A64ED

analogous

#ED9A5A #EDE35A #AEED5A

triadic

#EDE35A #5AEDE3 #E35AED

tetradic

#EDE35A #5AED9A #5A64ED #ED5AAE

square

#EDE35A #5AED9A #5A64ED #ED5AAE

split-complementary

#EDE35A #5AAEED #9A5AED

monochromatic

#B8AD14 #E7DA23 #EDE35A #F3EC91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EDE35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE35A

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE35A	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb8e',
    500: '#ede35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede35a;
$custom-light: #f6eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8988,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE35A

secondary

#333CB8

accent

#17DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE35A

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

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