#EDE35C#EDE35C

#EDE35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.154 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE35C
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -12.68, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 66.41, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.04 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3282, 73.7176, 20.9635)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE35C #5C66ED

analogous

#ED9B5C #EDE35C #AFED5C

triadic

#EDE35C #5CEDE3 #E35CED

tetradic

#EDE35C #5CED9B #5C66ED #ED5CAF

square

#EDE35C #5CED9B #5C66ED #ED5CAF

split-complementary

#EDE35C #5CAFED #9B5CED

monochromatic

#BAAF15 #E7DA25 #EDE35C #F3EC93 #F9F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EDE35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE35C

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE35C	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)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb90',
    500: '#ede35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede35c;
$custom-light: #f6eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89898,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE35C

secondary

#343DB9

accent

#18DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE35C

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

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