#EDE365#EDE365

#EDE365 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.147 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE365
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -12.08, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 62.60, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0373 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.147 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7452, 73.8845, 23.1600)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE365 #656FED

analogous

#ED9F65 #EDE365 #B3ED65

triadic

#EDE365 #65EDE3 #E365ED

tetradic

#EDE365 #65ED9F #656FED #ED65B3

square

#EDE365 #65ED9F #656FED #ED65B3

split-complementary

#EDE365 #65B3ED #9F65ED

monochromatic

#C1B517 #E7D92E #EDE365 #F3ED9C #FAF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE365 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EDE365 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE365

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE365	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE365	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede365;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.147 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb95',
    500: '#ede365',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede365;
$custom-light: #f6eb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede365",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89987,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE365

secondary

#3741BF

accent

#1ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE365

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

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