#EDE479#EDE479

#EDE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.129 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE479
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -10.99, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 53.98, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0321 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.129 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1214, 74.8738, 29.0545)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE479 #7982ED

analogous

#EDAA79 #EDE479 #BCED79

triadic

#EDE479 #79EDE4 #E479ED

tetradic

#EDE479 #79EDAA #7982ED #ED79BC

square

#EDE479 #79EDAA #7982ED #ED79BC

split-complementary

#EDE479 #79BCED #AA79ED

monochromatic

#D0C21C #E6D943 #EDE479 #F4EFAF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EDE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE479

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE479	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	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)

#F4DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.129 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eca2',
    500: '#ede479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede479;
$custom-light: #f5eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90424,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE479

secondary

#444EC6

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE479

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

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