#EDE463#EDE463

#EDE463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.149 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE463
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -12.71, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 63.84, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0394 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9227, 74.3943, 22.7416)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE463 #636CED

analogous

#ED9F63 #EDE463 #B1ED63

triadic

#EDE463 #63EDE4 #E463ED

tetradic

#EDE463 #63ED9F #636CED #ED63B1

square

#EDE463 #63ED9F #636CED #ED63B1

split-complementary

#EDE463 #63B1ED #9F63ED

monochromatic

#C0B416 #E7DB2C #EDE463 #F3ED9A #FAF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EDE463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE463

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE463	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec94',
    500: '#ede463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede463;
$custom-light: #f6ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90172,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE463

secondary

#363FBE

accent

#18DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE463

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

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