#EDE97C#EDE97C

#EDE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.132 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE97C
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -13.20, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 54.65, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0382 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.132 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7036, 77.7394, 30.5036)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE97C #7C80ED

analogous

#EDB07C #EDE97C #B8ED7C

triadic

#EDE97C #7CEDE9 #E97CED

tetradic

#EDE97C #7CEDB0 #7C80ED #ED7CB8

square

#EDE97C #7CEDB0 #7C80ED #ED7CB8

split-complementary

#EDE97C #7CB8ED #B07CED

monochromatic

#D2CB1D #E6E046 #EDE97C #F4F2B2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EDE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE97C

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE97C	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.132 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa4',
    500: '#ede97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede97c;
$custom-light: #f5efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9149,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE97C

secondary

#474BC7

accent

#15D80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE97C

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

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