#EDE45D#EDE45D

#EDE45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE45D
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -13.11, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 66.36, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0412 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6465, 74.2838, 21.2867)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE45D #5D66ED

analogous

#ED9C5D #EDE45D #AEED5D

triadic

#EDE45D #5DEDE4 #E45DED

tetradic

#EDE45D #5DED9C #5D66ED #ED5DAE

square

#EDE45D #5DED9C #5D66ED #ED5DAE

split-complementary

#EDE45D #5DAEED #9C5DED

monochromatic

#BBB015 #E7DB26 #EDE45D #F3ED94 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EDE45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE45D

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE45D	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec90',
    500: '#ede45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede45d;
$custom-light: #f6ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90114,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE45D

secondary

#343DBA

accent

#16DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE45D

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

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