#EDE85B#EDE85B

#EDE85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.160 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE85B
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -15.21, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 68.69, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0473 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.16 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.6722, 76.4751, 21.1973)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE85B #5B60ED

analogous

#ED9F5B #EDE85B #A9ED5B

triadic

#EDE85B #5BEDE8 #E85BED

tetradic

#EDE85B #5BED9F #5B60ED #ED5BA9

square

#EDE85B #5BED9F #5B60ED #ED5BA9

split-complementary

#EDE85B #5BA9ED #9F5BED

monochromatic

#B9B414 #E7E024 #EDE85B #F3F092 #F9F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EDE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE85B

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE85B	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.160 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8f',
    500: '#ede85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede85b;
$custom-light: #f6ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90923,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE85B

secondary

#3438B8

accent

#10DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE85B

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

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