#EDE472#EDE472

#EDE472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.136 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE472
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -11.58, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 57.20, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0345 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.136 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7076, 74.7083, 26.8752)
Luminance	0.7471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE472 #727BED

analogous

#EDA772 #EDE472 #B9ED72

triadic

#EDE472 #72EDE4 #E472ED

tetradic

#EDE472 #72EDA7 #727BED #ED72B9

square

#EDE472 #72EDA7 #727BED #ED72B9

split-complementary

#EDE472 #72B9ED #A772ED

monochromatic

#CBBE1A #E6DA3C #EDE472 #F4EEA8 #FBF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#EDE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE472

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE472	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.136 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec9d',
    500: '#ede472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede472;
$custom-light: #f5ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90337,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE472

secondary

#3E48C6

accent

#1BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE472

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

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