#EDE470#EDE470

#EDE470 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE470
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -11.74, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 58.11, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0352 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.5950, 74.6632, 26.2822)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE470 #7079ED

analogous

#EDA570 #EDE470 #B7ED70

triadic

#EDE470 #70EDE4 #E470ED

tetradic

#EDE470 #70EDA5 #7079ED #ED70B7

square

#EDE470 #70EDA5 #7079ED #ED70B7

split-complementary

#EDE470 #70B7ED #A570ED

monochromatic

#C9BD19 #E6DA3A #EDE470 #F4EEA6 #FBF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#EDE470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE470

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE470	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec9c',
    500: '#ede470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede470;
$custom-light: #f5ec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90313,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE470

secondary

#3C46C5

accent

#1ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE470

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

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