#EDE55D#EDE55D

#EDE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.155 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE55D
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -13.61, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 66.74, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0426 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.155 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.9224, 74.8356, 21.3787)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55D #5D65ED

analogous

#ED9D5D #EDE55D #ADED5D

triadic

#EDE55D #5DEDE5 #E55DED

tetradic

#EDE55D #5DED9D #5D65ED #ED5DAD

square

#EDE55D #5DED9D #5D65ED #ED5DAD

split-complementary

#EDE55D #5DADED #9D5DED

monochromatic

#BBB215 #E7DC26 #EDE55D #F3EE94 #F9F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EDE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55D

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55D	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.155 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed90',
    500: '#ede55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55d;
$custom-light: #f6ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9032,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55D

secondary

#343CBA

accent

#15DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55D

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

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