#EDE94E#EDE94E

#EDE94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.170 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE94E
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -16.44, 72.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 74.08, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0521 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.17 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4415, 76.8345, 18.5896)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE94E #4E52ED

analogous

#ED9A4E #EDE94E #A1ED4E

triadic

#EDE94E #4EEDE9 #E94EED

tetradic

#EDE94E #4EED9A #4E52ED #ED4EA1

square

#EDE94E #4EED9A #4E52ED #ED4EA1

split-complementary

#EDE94E #4EA1ED #9A4EED

monochromatic

#AFAB12 #E6E117 #EDE94E #F3F086 #F8F7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EDE94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE94E

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE94E	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.170 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef88',
    500: '#ede94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede94e;
$custom-light: #f6ef88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.491,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91025,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE94E

secondary

#3033AF

accent

#0DDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE94E

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

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