#EDE37E#EDE37E

#EDE37E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.123 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE37E
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -10.04, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 51.23, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0289 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.123 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1617, 74.4510, 30.6199)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE37E #7E88ED

analogous

#EDAB7E #EDE37E #BFED7E

triadic

#EDE37E #7EEDE3 #E37EED

tetradic

#EDE37E #7EEDAB #7E88ED #ED7EBF

square

#EDE37E #7EEDAB #7E88ED #ED7EBF

split-complementary

#EDE37E #7EBFED #AB7EED

monochromatic

#D3C31D #E6D748 #EDE37E #F4EFB4 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EDE37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE37E

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE37E	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.123 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eba5',
    500: '#ede37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede37e;
$custom-light: #f5eba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90285,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE37E

secondary

#4854C7

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE37E

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

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