#EDE978#EDE978

#EDE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.136 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE978
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -13.55, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 56.50, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0396 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.136 107)
XYZ	xyz(67.4558, 77.6402, 29.1983)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE978 #787CED

analogous

#EDAF78 #EDE978 #B6ED78

triadic

#EDE978 #78EDE9 #E978ED

tetradic

#EDE978 #78EDAF #787CED #ED78B6

square

#EDE978 #78EDAF #787CED #ED78B6

split-complementary

#EDE978 #78B6ED #AF78ED

monochromatic

#CFC91C #E6E042 #EDE978 #F4F2AE #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EDE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE978

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE978	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.136 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa2',
    500: '#ede978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede978;
$custom-light: #f5efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91439,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.77638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE978

secondary

#4348C6

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE978

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

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