#EDE74E#EDE74E

#EDE74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.168 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE74E
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -15.46, 71.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 73.35, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0494 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.168 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8785, 75.7086, 18.4019)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE74E #4E54ED

analogous

#ED984E #EDE74E #A4ED4E

triadic

#EDE74E #4EEDE7 #E74EED

tetradic

#EDE74E #4EED98 #4E54ED #ED4EA4

square

#EDE74E #4EED98 #4E54ED #ED4EA4

split-complementary

#EDE74E #4EA4ED #984EED

monochromatic

#AFA912 #E6DF17 #EDE74E #F3EF86 #F8F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#EDE74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE74E

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE74E	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee88',
    500: '#ede74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede74e;
$custom-light: #f6ee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9061,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE74E

secondary

#3035AF

accent

#10DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE74E

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

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