#EDE58D#EDE58D

#EDE58D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.110 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE58D
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -9.58, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 44.86, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0263 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.11 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7533, 75.9680, 36.2884)
Luminance	0.7597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE58D #8D95ED

analogous

#EDB58D #EDE58D #C5ED8D

triadic

#EDE58D #8DEDE5 #E58DED

tetradic

#EDE58D #8DEDB5 #8D95ED #ED8DC5

square

#EDE58D #8DEDB5 #8D95ED #ED8DC5

split-complementary

#EDE58D #8DC5ED #B58DED

monochromatic

#DCCD23 #E5D958 #EDE58D #F5F1C2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EDE58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE58D

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE58D	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.110 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edaf',
    500: '#ede58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede58d;
$custom-light: #f4edaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90911,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE58D

secondary

#5660C8

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE58D

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

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