#EDE36F#EDE36F

#EDE36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.138 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE36F
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 53.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -11.33, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 58.17, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0341 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.138 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2653, 74.0925, 25.8992)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE36F #6F79ED

analogous

#EDA46F #EDE36F #B8ED6F

triadic

#EDE36F #6FEDE3 #E36FED

tetradic

#EDE36F #6FEDA4 #6F79ED #ED6FB8

square

#EDE36F #6FEDA4 #6F79ED #ED6FB8

split-complementary

#EDE36F #6FB8ED #A46FED

monochromatic

#C9BB19 #E6D839 #EDE36F #F4EEA5 #FBF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#EDE36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE36F

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE36F	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.138 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9b',
    500: '#ede36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede36f;
$custom-light: #f5eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90096,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE36F

secondary

#3B46C5

accent

#1CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE36F

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

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