#EDE55B#EDE55B

#EDE55B 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	#EDE55B
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -13.73, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 67.56, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0431 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.8349, 74.8006, 20.9182)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55B #5B63ED

analogous

#ED9C5B #EDE55B #ACED5B

triadic

#EDE55B #5BEDE5 #E55BED

tetradic

#EDE55B #5BED9C #5B63ED #ED5BAC

square

#EDE55B #5BED9C #5B63ED #ED5BAC

split-complementary

#EDE55B #5BACED #9C5BED

monochromatic

#B9B014 #E7DC24 #EDE55B #F3EE92 #F9F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#EDE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55B

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55B	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)

#F7DD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8f',
    500: '#ede55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55b;
$custom-light: #f6ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90302,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55B

secondary

#343BB8

accent

#15DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55B

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

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