#EDE95B#EDE95B
#EDE95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.161 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDE95B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 233, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.34, -15.70, 67.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.34, 69.07, 103.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.13% -0.0487 0.153) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.13% 0.161 107.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.9545, 77.0397, 21.2914) |
| Luminance | 0.7704 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.38
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.50
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.58
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.60
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.23
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDE95B #5B5FED
analogous
#EDA05B #EDE95B #A8ED5B
triadic
#EDE95B #5BEDE9 #E95BED
tetradic
#EDE95B #5BEDA0 #5B5FED #ED5BA8
square
#EDE95B #5BEDA0 #5B5FED #ED5BA8
split-complementary
#EDE95B #5BA8ED #A05BED
monochromatic
#B9B514 #E7E224 #EDE95B #F3F092 #F9F8C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#EDE95B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.41
#EDE95B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDE95B
16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDE95B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDE95B | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.41 | 16.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBE04A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE664
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDDBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ede95b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.161 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ef8f',
500: '#ede95b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ede95b; $custom-light: #f6ef8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ede95b",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 233,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.356,
"s": 80.22,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91131,
"c": 0.16058,
"h": 107.7
},
"luminance": 0.77038
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDE95B
secondary
#3437B8
accent
#0FDD09
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F