#EDE45A#EDE45A

#EDE45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE45A
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -13.30, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 67.60, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.042 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.5162, 74.2317, 20.6006)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE45A #5A63ED

analogous

#ED9B5A #EDE45A #ACED5A

triadic

#EDE45A #5AEDE4 #E45AED

tetradic

#EDE45A #5AED9B #5A63ED #ED5AAC

square

#EDE45A #5AED9B #5A63ED #ED5AAC

split-complementary

#EDE45A #5AACED #9B5AED

monochromatic

#B8AE14 #E7DB23 #EDE45A #F3ED91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EDE45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE45A

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE45A	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8e',
    500: '#ede45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede45a;
$custom-light: #f6ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90087,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE45A

secondary

#333CB8

accent

#16DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE45A

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

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