#EDE468#EDE468

#EDE468 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.145 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE468
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -12.36, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 61.67, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0378 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.145 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.1692, 74.4929, 24.0397)
Luminance	0.7449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE468 #6871ED

analogous

#EDA268 #EDE468 #B4ED68

triadic

#EDE468 #68EDE4 #E468ED

tetradic

#EDE468 #68EDA2 #6871ED #ED68B4

square

#EDE468 #68EDA2 #6871ED #ED68B4

split-complementary

#EDE468 #68B4ED #A268ED

monochromatic

#C3B817 #E6DA31 #EDE468 #F4EE9F #FAF8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#EDE468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE468

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE468	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.145 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec97',
    500: '#ede468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede468;
$custom-light: #f5ec97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90224,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE468

secondary

#3841C1

accent

#19DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE468

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

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