#EDE465#EDE465

#EDE465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.148 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE465
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -12.57, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 62.98, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0388 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.148 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0195, 74.4331, 23.2514)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE465 #656EED

analogous

#EDA065 #EDE465 #B2ED65

triadic

#EDE465 #65EDE4 #E465ED

tetradic

#EDE465 #65EDA0 #656EED #ED65B2

square

#EDE465 #65EDA0 #656EED #ED65B2

split-complementary

#EDE465 #65B2ED #A065ED

monochromatic

#C1B617 #E7DA2E #EDE465 #F3EE9C #FAF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EDE465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE465

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE465	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.148 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec95',
    500: '#ede465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede465;
$custom-light: #f6ec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90192,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE465

secondary

#3740BF

accent

#18DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE465

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

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