#EDE974#EDE974

#EDE974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE974
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -13.89, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 58.32, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0409 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.2181, 77.5451, 27.9465)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE974 #7478ED

analogous

#EDAD74 #EDE974 #B4ED74

triadic

#EDE974 #74EDE9 #E974ED

tetradic

#EDE974 #74EDAD #7478ED #ED74B4

square

#EDE974 #74EDAD #7478ED #ED74B4

split-complementary

#EDE974 #74B4ED #AD74ED

monochromatic

#CCC61A #E6E03E #EDE974 #F4F2AA #FBFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EDE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE974

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE974	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9f',
    500: '#ede974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede974;
$custom-light: #f5ef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9139,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE974

secondary

#3F44C6

accent

#13D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE974

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

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