#EDE37B#EDE37B

#EDE37B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.126 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE37B
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 123)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -10.32, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 52.64, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.03 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.126 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9710, 74.3748, 29.6157)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE37B #7B85ED

analogous

#EDAA7B #EDE37B #BEED7B

triadic

#EDE37B #7BEDE3 #E37BED

tetradic

#EDE37B #7BEDAA #7B85ED #ED7BBE

square

#EDE37B #7BEDAA #7B85ED #ED7BBE

split-complementary

#EDE37B #7BBEED #AA7BED

monochromatic

#D1C11D #E6D845 #EDE37B #F4EEB1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE37B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EDE37B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE37B

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE37B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE37B	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.126 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eba3',
    500: '#ede37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede37b;
$custom-light: #f5eba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90245,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE37B

secondary

#4651C6

accent

#1FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE37B

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

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