#EDE36C#EDE36C

#EDE36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.141 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36C
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 54.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -11.56, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 59.52, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0351 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.141 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.1029, 74.0275, 25.0438)
Luminance	0.7402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36C #6C76ED

analogous

#EDA36C #EDE36C #B6ED6C

triadic

#EDE36C #6CEDE3 #E36CED

tetradic

#EDE36C #6CEDA3 #6C76ED #ED6CB6

square

#EDE36C #6CEDA3 #6C76ED #ED6CB6

split-complementary

#EDE36C #6CB6ED #A36CED

monochromatic

#C6B918 #E6D935 #EDE36C #F4EDA3 #FAF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EDE36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36C

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36C	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.141 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb99',
    500: '#ede36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36c;
$custom-light: #f5eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90062,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36C

secondary

#3944C4

accent

#1BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36C

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

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