#EDE55F#EDE55F

#EDE55F 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	#EDE55F
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -13.48, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 65.91, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.042 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.0121, 74.8715, 21.8513)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE55F #5F67ED

analogous

#ED9E5F #EDE55F #AEED5F

triadic

#EDE55F #5FEDE5 #E55FED

tetradic

#EDE55F #5FED9E #5F67ED #ED5FAE

square

#EDE55F #5FED9E #5F67ED #ED5FAE

split-complementary

#EDE55F #5FAEED #9E5FED

monochromatic

#BCB315 #E7DC28 #EDE55F #F3EE96 #F9F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EDE55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE55F

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE55F	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)

#F7DD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed92',
    500: '#ede55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede55f;
$custom-light: #f6ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90339,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE55F

secondary

#353DBB

accent

#15DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE55F

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

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