#EDE85C#EDE85C

#EDE85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.159 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE85C
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -15.15, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 68.28, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.047 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.159 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.7156, 76.4925, 21.4260)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE85C #5C61ED

analogous

#EDA05C #EDE85C #AAED5C

triadic

#EDE85C #5CEDE8 #E85CED

tetradic

#EDE85C #5CEDA0 #5C61ED #ED5CAA

square

#EDE85C #5CEDA0 #5C61ED #ED5CAA

split-complementary

#EDE85C #5CAAED #A05CED

monochromatic

#BAB415 #E7E025 #EDE85C #F3F093 #F9F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EDE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE85C

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE85C	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.159 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef90',
    500: '#ede85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede85c;
$custom-light: #f6ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90932,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE85C

secondary

#3439B9

accent

#10DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE85C

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

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