#EDE970#EDE970

#EDE970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.143 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE970
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -14.21, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 60.12, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0423 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.143 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9904, 77.4541, 26.7474)
Luminance	0.7745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE970 #7074ED

analogous

#EDAA70 #EDE970 #B2ED70

triadic

#EDE970 #70EDE9 #E970ED

tetradic

#EDE970 #70EDAA #7074ED #ED70B2

square

#EDE970 #70EDAA #7074ED #ED70B2

split-complementary

#EDE970 #70B2ED #AA70ED

monochromatic

#C9C419 #E6E13A #EDE970 #F4F1A6 #FBFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EDE970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE970

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE970	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)

#FAE164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.143 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9c',
    500: '#ede970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede970;
$custom-light: #f5ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91344,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE970

secondary

#3C40C5

accent

#12DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE970

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

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