#EDE74A#EDE74A

#EDE74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.170 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE74A
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -15.67, 73.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 74.81, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0503 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.17 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7394, 75.6529, 17.6695)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE74A #4A50ED

analogous

#ED954A #EDE74A #A2ED4A

triadic

#EDE74A #4AEDE7 #E74AED

tetradic

#EDE74A #4AED95 #4A50ED #ED4AA2

square

#EDE74A #4AED95 #4A50ED #ED4AA2

split-complementary

#EDE74A #4AA2ED #954AED

monochromatic

#ACA611 #E3DC17 #EDE74A #F3EE82 #F8F6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#EDE74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE74A

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE74A	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.170 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ee86',
    500: '#ede74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede74a;
$custom-light: #f7ee86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.791,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90581,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE74A

secondary

#2F33AC

accent

#0FDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE74A

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

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