#EDE36D#EDE36D

#EDE36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.140 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36D
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -11.48, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 59.07, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0348 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.14 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.1564, 74.0489, 25.3257)
Luminance	0.7405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36D #6D77ED

analogous

#EDA36D #EDE36D #B7ED6D

triadic

#EDE36D #6DEDE3 #E36DED

tetradic

#EDE36D #6DEDA3 #6D77ED #ED6DB7

square

#EDE36D #6DEDA3 #6D77ED #ED6DB7

split-complementary

#EDE36D #6DB7ED #A36DED

monochromatic

#C7B919 #E6D937 #EDE36D #F4EDA3 #FAF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EDE36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36D

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36D	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)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.140 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9a',
    500: '#ede36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36d;
$custom-light: #f5eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90073,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36D

secondary

#3A45C5

accent

#1BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36D

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

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