#EDE45B#EDE45B

#EDE45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.156 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE45B
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -13.24, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 67.19, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0417 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.156 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5591, 74.2489, 20.8263)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE45B #5B64ED

analogous

#ED9B5B #EDE45B #ADED5B

triadic

#EDE45B #5BEDE4 #E45BED

tetradic

#EDE45B #5BED9B #5B64ED #ED5BAD

square

#EDE45B #5BED9B #5B64ED #ED5BAD

split-complementary

#EDE45B #5BADED #9B5BED

monochromatic

#B9AF14 #E7DB24 #EDE45B #F3ED92 #F9F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EDE45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE45B

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE45B	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	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)

#F6DC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.156 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8f',
    500: '#ede45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede45b;
$custom-light: #f6ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90096,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE45B

secondary

#343CB8

accent

#16DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE45B

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

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