#EDE362#EDE362

#EDE362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE362
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -12.29, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 63.89, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0383 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6009, 73.8267, 22.4000)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE362 #626CED

analogous

#ED9D62 #EDE362 #B2ED62

triadic

#EDE362 #62EDE3 #E362ED

tetradic

#EDE362 #62ED9D #626CED #ED62B2

square

#EDE362 #62ED9D #626CED #ED62B2

split-complementary

#EDE362 #62B2ED #9D62ED

monochromatic

#BFB316 #E7D92B #EDE362 #F3ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EDE362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE362

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE362	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb93',
    500: '#ede362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede362;
$custom-light: #f6eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89956,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE362

secondary

#3640BD

accent

#19DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE362

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

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