#EDE464#EDE464

#EDE464 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	#EDE464
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 100)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 57.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -12.64, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 63.41, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0391 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9708, 74.4136, 22.9950)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE464 #646DED

analogous

#ED9F64 #EDE464 #B1ED64

triadic

#EDE464 #64EDE4 #E464ED

tetradic

#EDE464 #64ED9F #646DED #ED64B1

square

#EDE464 #64ED9F #646DED #ED64B1

split-complementary

#EDE464 #64B1ED #9F64ED

monochromatic

#C0B516 #E7DA2D #EDE464 #F3EE9B #FAF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EDE464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE464

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE464	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)

#F6DD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec95',
    500: '#ede464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede464;
$custom-light: #f6ec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90182,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE464

secondary

#3740BF

accent

#18DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE464

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

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