#EDE474#EDE474

#EDE474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.134 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE474
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -11.42, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 56.29, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0339 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.134 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.8227, 74.7543, 27.4813)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE474 #747DED

analogous

#EDA874 #EDE474 #BAED74

triadic

#EDE474 #74EDE4 #E474ED

tetradic

#EDE474 #74EDA8 #747DED #ED74BA

square

#EDE474 #74EDA8 #747DED #ED74BA

split-complementary

#EDE474 #74BAED #A874ED

monochromatic

#CCBF1A #E6D93E #EDE474 #F4EFAA #FBF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#EDE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE474

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE474	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.134 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec9f',
    500: '#ede474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede474;
$custom-light: #f5ec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90361,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE474

secondary

#3F49C6

accent

#1BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE474

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

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