#EDE35E#EDE35E

#EDE35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.152 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE35E
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -12.55, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 65.58, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0395 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.152 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.4168, 73.7531, 21.4301)
Luminance	0.7375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE35E #5E68ED

analogous

#ED9B5E #EDE35E #B0ED5E

triadic

#EDE35E #5EEDE3 #E35EED

tetradic

#EDE35E #5EED9B #5E68ED #ED5EB0

square

#EDE35E #5EED9B #5E68ED #ED5EB0

split-complementary

#EDE35E #5EB0ED #9B5EED

monochromatic

#BCB015 #E7D927 #EDE35E #F3ED95 #F9F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#EDE35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE35E

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE35E	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.152 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb91',
    500: '#ede35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede35e;
$custom-light: #f6eb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89917,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.73751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE35E

secondary

#353EBA

accent

#18DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE35E

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

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