#EDE962#EDE962

#EDE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.155 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE962
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -15.24, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 66.19, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0467 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2706, 77.1662, 22.9566)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE962 #6266ED

analogous

#EDA362 #EDE962 #ACED62

triadic

#EDE962 #62EDE9 #E962ED

tetradic

#EDE962 #62EDA3 #6266ED #ED62AC

square

#EDE962 #62EDA3 #6266ED #ED62AC

split-complementary

#EDE962 #62ACED #A362ED

monochromatic

#BFBA16 #E7E12B #EDE962 #F3F199 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#EDE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE962

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE962	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.155 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef94',
    500: '#ede962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede962;
$custom-light: #f6ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91196,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE962

secondary

#363ABD

accent

#10DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE962

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

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