#EDE475#EDE475

#EDE475 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.133 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE475
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 50.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -11.33, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 55.83, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0335 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.133 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.8812, 74.7777, 27.7893)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE475 #757EED

analogous

#EDA875 #EDE475 #BAED75

triadic

#EDE475 #75EDE4 #E475ED

tetradic

#EDE475 #75EDA8 #757EED #ED75BA

square

#EDE475 #75EDA8 #757EED #ED75BA

split-complementary

#EDE475 #75BAED #A875ED

monochromatic

#CDC01B #E6D93F #EDE475 #F4EFAB #FBF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#EDE475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE475

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE475	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.133 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec9f',
    500: '#ede475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede475;
$custom-light: #f5ec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90374,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE475

secondary

#404AC6

accent

#1CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE475

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

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