#EDE36E#EDE36E

#EDE36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.139 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36E
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -11.40, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 58.62, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0345 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.139 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.2106, 74.0706, 25.6108)
Luminance	0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36E #6E78ED

analogous

#EDA46E #EDE36E #B7ED6E

triadic

#EDE36E #6EEDE3 #E36EED

tetradic

#EDE36E #6EEDA4 #6E78ED #ED6EB7

square

#EDE36E #6EEDA4 #6E78ED #ED6EB7

split-complementary

#EDE36E #6EB7ED #A46EED

monochromatic

#C8BA19 #E6D838 #EDE36E #F4EEA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EDE36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36E

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36E	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)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.139 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9b',
    500: '#ede36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36e;
$custom-light: #f5eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90085,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36E

secondary

#3A45C5

accent

#1CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36E

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

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