#EDE55E#EDE55E

#EDE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.154 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE55E
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -13.54, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 66.32, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0423 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.9669, 74.8534, 21.6135)
Luminance	0.7485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55E #5E66ED

analogous

#ED9D5E #EDE55E #AEED5E

triadic

#EDE55E #5EEDE5 #E55EED

tetradic

#EDE55E #5EED9D #5E66ED #ED5EAE

square

#EDE55E #5EED9D #5E66ED #ED5EAE

split-complementary

#EDE55E #5EAEED #9D5EED

monochromatic

#BCB215 #E7DC27 #EDE55E #F3EE95 #F9F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EDE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55E

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55E	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	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)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed91',
    500: '#ede55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55e;
$custom-light: #f6ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9033,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55E

secondary

#353CBA

accent

#15DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55E

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

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