#EDE45E#EDE45E

#EDE45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE45E
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -13.05, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 65.95, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0409 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6911, 74.3017, 21.5215)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE45E #5E67ED

analogous

#ED9D5E #EDE45E #AEED5E

triadic

#EDE45E #5EEDE4 #E45EED

tetradic

#EDE45E #5EED9D #5E67ED #ED5EAE

square

#EDE45E #5EED9D #5E67ED #ED5EAE

split-complementary

#EDE45E #5EAEED #9D5EED

monochromatic

#BCB115 #E7DB27 #EDE45E #F3ED95 #F9F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EDE45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE45E

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE45E	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec91',
    500: '#ede45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede45e;
$custom-light: #f6ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90123,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE45E

secondary

#353DBA

accent

#17DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE45E

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

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