#EDE96F#EDE96F

#EDE96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.144 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE96F
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -14.29, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 60.57, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0426 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.144 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9350, 77.4319, 26.4558)
Luminance	0.7743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE96F #6F73ED

analogous

#EDAA6F #EDE96F #B2ED6F

triadic

#EDE96F #6FEDE9 #E96FED

tetradic

#EDE96F #6FEDAA #6F73ED #ED6FB2

square

#EDE96F #6FEDAA #6F73ED #ED6FB2

split-complementary

#EDE96F #6FB2ED #AA6FED

monochromatic

#C9C319 #E6E139 #EDE96F #F4F1A5 #FBFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EDE96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE96F

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE96F	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.144 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9c',
    500: '#ede96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede96f;
$custom-light: #f5ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91332,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE96F

secondary

#3B3FC5

accent

#12DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE96F

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

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