#EDE462#EDE462

#EDE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.150 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE462
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -12.78, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 64.26, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0397 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.15 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.8752, 74.3753, 22.4914)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE462 #626BED

analogous

#ED9E62 #EDE462 #B0ED62

triadic

#EDE462 #62EDE4 #E462ED

tetradic

#EDE462 #62ED9E #626BED #ED62B0

square

#EDE462 #62ED9E #626BED #ED62B0

split-complementary

#EDE462 #62B0ED #9E62ED

monochromatic

#BFB416 #E7DB2B #EDE462 #F3ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EDE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE462

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE462	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)

#F6DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.150 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec93',
    500: '#ede462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede462;
$custom-light: #f6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90162,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE462

secondary

#363FBD

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE462

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

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