#EDE460#EDE460

#EDE460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.152 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE460
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -12.92, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 65.11, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0403 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.152 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7820, 74.3380, 22.0003)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE460 #6069ED

analogous

#ED9D60 #EDE460 #B0ED60

triadic

#EDE460 #60EDE4 #E460ED

tetradic

#EDE460 #60ED9D #6069ED #ED60B0

square

#EDE460 #60ED9D #6069ED #ED60B0

split-complementary

#EDE460 #60B0ED #9D60ED

monochromatic

#BDB215 #E7DB29 #EDE460 #F3ED97 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EDE460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE460

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE460	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.152 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec92',
    500: '#ede460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede460;
$custom-light: #f6ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90142,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE460

secondary

#353EBC

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE460

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

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