#EDE481#EDE481

#EDE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE481
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -10.26, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 50.22, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0293 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(66.6325, 75.0782, 31.7462)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE481 #818AED

analogous

#EDAE81 #EDE481 #C0ED81

triadic

#EDE481 #81EDE4 #E481ED

tetradic

#EDE481 #81EDAE #818AED #ED81C0

square

#EDE481 #81EDAE #818AED #ED81C0

split-complementary

#EDE481 #81C0ED #AE81ED

monochromatic

#D5C61E #E5D94B #EDE481 #F5EFB7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#EDE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE481

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE481	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eca7',
    500: '#ede481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede481;
$custom-light: #f5eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90531,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.75076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE481

secondary

#4B56C7

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE481

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

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