#EDE44A#EDE44A

#EDE44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.168 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE44A
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -14.19, 72.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 73.75, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0462 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.168 106)
XYZ	xyz(63.9070, 73.9880, 17.3920)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE44A #4A53ED

analogous

#ED924A #EDE44A #A4ED4A

triadic

#EDE44A #4AEDE4 #E44AED

tetradic

#EDE44A #4AED92 #4A53ED #ED4AA4

square

#EDE44A #4AED92 #4A53ED #ED4AA4

split-complementary

#EDE44A #4AA4ED #924AED

monochromatic

#ACA311 #E3D817 #EDE44A #F3EC82 #F8F5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EDE44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE44A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE44A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.168 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec85',
    500: '#ede44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede44a;
$custom-light: #f7ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.687,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89958,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.73986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE44A

secondary

#2F36AC

accent

#13DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE44A

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

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