#EDE491#EDE491

#EDE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE491
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -8.65, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 42.48, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0233 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7804, 75.5374, 37.7923)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE491 #919AED

analogous

#EDB691 #EDE491 #C8ED91

triadic

#EDE491 #91EDE4 #E491ED

tetradic

#EDE491 #91EDB6 #919AED #ED91C8

square

#EDE491 #91EDB6 #919AED #ED91C8

split-complementary

#EDE491 #91C8ED #B691ED

monochromatic

#DCCA28 #E4D75C #EDE491 #F6F1C6 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EDE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE491

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE491	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb2',
    500: '#ede491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede491;
$custom-light: #f4ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90771,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE491

secondary

#5A65C8

accent

#25D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE491

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

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