#EDE36B#EDE36B

#EDE36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.142 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36B
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 54.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -11.64, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 59.96, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0354 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.142 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0500, 74.0064, 24.7651)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36B #6B75ED

analogous

#EDA26B #EDE36B #B6ED6B

triadic

#EDE36B #6BEDE3 #E36BED

tetradic

#EDE36B #6BEDA2 #6B75ED #ED6BB6

square

#EDE36B #6BEDA2 #6B75ED #ED6BB6

split-complementary

#EDE36B #6BB6ED #A26BED

monochromatic

#C6B818 #E6D934 #EDE36B #F4EDA2 #FAF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EDE36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36B

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36B	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)

#F4DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.142 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb99',
    500: '#ede36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36b;
$custom-light: #f5eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90051,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36B

secondary

#3944C3

accent

#1BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36B

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

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