#EDE37D#EDE37D

#EDE37D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.124 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE37D
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 47.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -10.14, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 51.70, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0293 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.124 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0975, 74.4254, 30.2818)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE37D #7D87ED

analogous

#EDAB7D #EDE37D #BFED7D

triadic

#EDE37D #7DEDE3 #E37DED

tetradic

#EDE37D #7DEDAB #7D87ED #ED7DBF

square

#EDE37D #7DEDAB #7D87ED #ED7DBF

split-complementary

#EDE37D #7DBFED #AB7DED

monochromatic

#D2C21D #E6D747 #EDE37D #F4EFB3 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EDE37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE37D

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE37D	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.124 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eba5',
    500: '#ede37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede37d;
$custom-light: #f5eba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90272,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE37D

secondary

#4853C7

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE37D

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

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