#EDE972#EDE972

#EDE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.141 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE972
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -14.05, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 59.22, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0416 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.141 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.1030, 77.4991, 27.3404)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE972 #7276ED

analogous

#EDAC72 #EDE972 #B4ED72

triadic

#EDE972 #72EDE9 #E972ED

tetradic

#EDE972 #72EDAC #7276ED #ED72B4

square

#EDE972 #72EDAC #7276ED #ED72B4

split-complementary

#EDE972 #72B4ED #AC72ED

monochromatic

#CBC51A #E6E13C #EDE972 #F4F1A8 #FBFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EDE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE972

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE972	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.141 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9e',
    500: '#ede972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede972;
$custom-light: #f5ef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91367,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE972

secondary

#3E42C6

accent

#13DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE972

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

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