#EDE45F#EDE45F

#EDE45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.153 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE45F
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -12.98, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 65.53, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0406 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.153 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7362, 74.3197, 21.7594)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE45F #5F68ED

analogous

#ED9D5F #EDE45F #AFED5F

triadic

#EDE45F #5FEDE4 #E45FED

tetradic

#EDE45F #5FED9D #5F68ED #ED5FAF

square

#EDE45F #5FED9D #5F68ED #ED5FAF

split-complementary

#EDE45F #5FAFED #9D5FED

monochromatic

#BCB215 #E7DB28 #EDE45F #F3ED96 #F9F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EDE45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE45F

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE45F	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)

#F6DC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.153 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec91',
    500: '#ede45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede45f;
$custom-light: #f6ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90133,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE45F

secondary

#353EBB

accent

#17DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE45F

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

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