#EDE55A#EDE55A

#EDE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.157 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE55A
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -13.80, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 67.97, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0434 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.7921, 74.7835, 20.6926)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55A #5A62ED

analogous

#ED9C5A #EDE55A #ACED5A

triadic

#EDE55A #5AEDE5 #E55AED

tetradic

#EDE55A #5AED9C #5A62ED #ED5AAC

square

#EDE55A #5AED9C #5A62ED #ED5AAC

split-complementary

#EDE55A #5AACED #9C5AED

monochromatic

#B8B014 #E7DC23 #EDE55A #F3EE91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#EDE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55A

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55A	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8f',
    500: '#ede55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55a;
$custom-light: #f6ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90293,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55A

secondary

#333BB8

accent

#14DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55A

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

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