#EDE478#EDE478

#EDE478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.130 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE478
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -11.08, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 54.45, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0325 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.13 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0604, 74.8494, 28.7332)
Luminance	0.7485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE478 #7881ED

analogous

#EDAA78 #EDE478 #BBED78

triadic

#EDE478 #78EDE4 #E478ED

tetradic

#EDE478 #78EDAA #7881ED #ED78BB

square

#EDE478 #78EDAA #7881ED #ED78BB

split-complementary

#EDE478 #78BBED #AA78ED

monochromatic

#CFC11C #E6D942 #EDE478 #F4EFAE #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EDE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE478

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE478	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.130 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eca1',
    500: '#ede478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede478;
$custom-light: #f5eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90411,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE478

secondary

#434DC6

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE478

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

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