#EDE36A#EDE36A

#EDE36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.142 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36A
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 55.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -11.71, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 60.41, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0358 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.142 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9977, 73.9854, 24.4897)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36A #6A74ED

analogous

#EDA26A #EDE36A #B5ED6A

triadic

#EDE36A #6AEDE3 #E36AED

tetradic

#EDE36A #6AEDA2 #6A74ED #ED6AB5

square

#EDE36A #6AEDA2 #6A74ED #ED6AB5

split-complementary

#EDE36A #6AB5ED #A26AED

monochromatic

#C5B818 #E6D933 #EDE36A #F4EDA1 #FAF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EDE36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.142 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb98',
    500: '#ede36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36a;
$custom-light: #f5eb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9004,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36A

secondary

#3943C3

accent

#1BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36A

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

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