#EDE95E#EDE95E

#EDE95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.158 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE95E
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -15.51, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 67.85, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0479 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.158 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0865, 77.0925, 21.9866)
Luminance	0.7709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE95E #5E62ED

analogous

#EDA25E #EDE95E #A9ED5E

triadic

#EDE95E #5EEDE9 #E95EED

tetradic

#EDE95E #5EEDA2 #5E62ED #ED5EA9

square

#EDE95E #5EEDA2 #5E62ED #ED5EA9

split-complementary

#EDE95E #5EA9ED #A25EED

monochromatic

#BCB715 #E7E127 #EDE95E #F3F195 #F9F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EDE95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE95E

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE95E	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.158 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef91',
    500: '#ede95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede95e;
$custom-light: #f6ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91158,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE95E

secondary

#3538BA

accent

#0FDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE95E

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

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