#EDE44E#EDE44E

#EDE44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.165 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE44E
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -13.99, 70.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 72.29, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0452 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.165 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0460, 74.0437, 18.1244)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE44E #4E57ED

analogous

#ED954E #EDE44E #A7ED4E

triadic

#EDE44E #4EEDE4 #E44EED

tetradic

#EDE44E #4EED95 #4E57ED #ED4EA7

square

#EDE44E #4EED95 #4E57ED #ED4EA7

split-complementary

#EDE44E #4EA7ED #954EED

monochromatic

#AFA612 #E6DB17 #EDE44E #F3EC86 #F8F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EDE44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE44E

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE44E	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.165 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec88',
    500: '#ede44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede44e;
$custom-light: #f6ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89987,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE44E

secondary

#3037AF

accent

#14DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE44E

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

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