#EDE379#EDE379

#EDE379 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.128 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE379
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -10.49, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 53.58, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0307 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.128 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8471, 74.3252, 28.9631)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE379 #7983ED

analogous

#EDA979 #EDE379 #BDED79

triadic

#EDE379 #79EDE3 #E379ED

tetradic

#EDE379 #79EDA9 #7983ED #ED79BD

square

#EDE379 #79EDA9 #7983ED #ED79BD

split-complementary

#EDE379 #79BDED #A979ED

monochromatic

#D0C01C #E6D843 #EDE379 #F4EEAF #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EDE379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE379

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE379	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.128 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eba2',
    500: '#ede379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede379;
$custom-light: #f5eba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90219,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE379

secondary

#444FC6

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE379

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

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