#EDE75E#EDE75E

#EDE75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE75E
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -14.53, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 67.08, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0451 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.5235, 75.9666, 21.7990)
Luminance	0.7597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE75E #5E64ED

analogous

#EDA05E #EDE75E #ABED5E

triadic

#EDE75E #5EEDE7 #E75EED

tetradic

#EDE75E #5EEDA0 #5E64ED #ED5EAB

square

#EDE75E #5EEDA0 #5E64ED #ED5EAB

split-complementary

#EDE75E #5EABED #A05EED

monochromatic

#BCB515 #E7DF27 #EDE75E #F3EF95 #F9F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EDE75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE75E

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE75E	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)

#F9DF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee91',
    500: '#ede75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede75e;
$custom-light: #f6ee91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90744,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE75E

secondary

#353ABA

accent

#12DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE75E

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

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