#EDE486#EDE486

#EDE486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.116 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE486
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -9.78, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 47.83, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0274 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.116 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.9730, 75.2144, 33.5395)
Luminance	0.7521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE486 #868FED

analogous

#EDB086 #EDE486 #C3ED86

triadic

#EDE486 #86EDE4 #E486ED

tetradic

#EDE486 #86EDB0 #868FED #ED86C3

square

#EDE486 #86EDB0 #868FED #ED86C3

split-complementary

#EDE486 #86C3ED #B086ED

monochromatic

#D8C820 #E5D851 #EDE486 #F5F0BB #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EDE486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE486

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE486	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.116 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecab',
    500: '#ede486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede486;
$custom-light: #f4ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90602,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE486

secondary

#505AC7

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE486

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

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