#EDE55C#EDE55C

#EDE55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE55C
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -13.67, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 67.15, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0429 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.8784, 74.8180, 21.1469)
Luminance	0.7482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55C #5C64ED

analogous

#ED9D5C #EDE55C #ACED5C

triadic

#EDE55C #5CEDE5 #E55CED

tetradic

#EDE55C #5CED9D #5C64ED #ED5CAC

square

#EDE55C #5CED9D #5C64ED #ED5CAC

split-complementary

#EDE55C #5CACED #9D5CED

monochromatic

#BAB115 #E7DC25 #EDE55C #F3EE93 #F9F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#EDE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55C

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55C	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)

#F7DD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed90',
    500: '#ede55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55c;
$custom-light: #f6ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90311,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55C

secondary

#343BB9

accent

#15DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55C

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

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