#EDE490#EDE490

#EDE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.105 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE490
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 39.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -8.76, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 42.97, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0237 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.105 103)
XYZ	xyz(67.7037, 75.5067, 37.3880)
Luminance	0.7550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE490 #9099ED

analogous

#EDB690 #EDE490 #C7ED90

triadic

#EDE490 #90EDE4 #E490ED

tetradic

#EDE490 #90EDB6 #9099ED #ED90C7

square

#EDE490 #90EDB6 #9099ED #ED90C7

split-complementary

#EDE490 #90C7ED #B690ED

monochromatic

#DCCA27 #E4D75B #EDE490 #F6F1C5 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EDE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE490

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE490	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.105 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb1',
    500: '#ede490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede490;
$custom-light: #f4ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90755,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.75505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE490

secondary

#5964C8

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE490

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

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