#EDE371#EDE371

#EDE371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.136 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE371
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -11.17, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 57.26, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0335 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.136 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3767, 74.1370, 26.4857)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE371 #717BED

analogous

#EDA571 #EDE371 #B9ED71

triadic

#EDE371 #71EDE3 #E371ED

tetradic

#EDE371 #71EDA5 #717BED #ED71B9

square

#EDE371 #71EDA5 #717BED #ED71B9

split-complementary

#EDE371 #71B9ED #A571ED

monochromatic

#CABC1A #E6D83B #EDE371 #F4EEA7 #FBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EDE371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE371

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE371	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.136 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9d',
    500: '#ede371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede371;
$custom-light: #f5eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9012,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE371

secondary

#3D48C5

accent

#1CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE371

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

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