#EDE487#EDE487

#EDE487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.115 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE487
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -9.69, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 47.34, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0271 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.115 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.0430, 75.2425, 33.9086)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE487 #8790ED

analogous

#EDB187 #EDE487 #C3ED87

triadic

#EDE487 #87EDE4 #E487ED

tetradic

#EDE487 #87EDB1 #8790ED #ED87C3

square

#EDE487 #87EDB1 #8790ED #ED87C3

split-complementary

#EDE487 #87C3ED #B187ED

monochromatic

#D9C921 #E5D852 #EDE487 #F5F0BC #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EDE487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE487

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE487	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.115 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecab',
    500: '#ede487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede487;
$custom-light: #f4ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90617,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE487

secondary

#515BC8

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE487

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

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