#EDE97B#EDE97B

#EDE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE97B
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -13.29, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 55.11, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0385 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6407, 77.7142, 30.1723)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE97B #7B7FED

analogous

#EDB07B #EDE97B #B8ED7B

triadic

#EDE97B #7BEDE9 #E97BED

tetradic

#EDE97B #7BEDB0 #7B7FED #ED7BB8

square

#EDE97B #7BEDB0 #7B7FED #ED7BB8

split-complementary

#EDE97B #7BB8ED #B07BED

monochromatic

#D1CB1D #E6E045 #EDE97B #F4F2B1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#EDE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE97B

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE97B	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa3',
    500: '#ede97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede97b;
$custom-light: #f5efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91477,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE97B

secondary

#464AC6

accent

#14D80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE97B

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

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