#EDE97D#EDE97D

#EDE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE97D
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -13.11, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 54.19, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0378 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7672, 77.7648, 30.8384)
Luminance	0.7776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE97D #7D81ED

analogous

#EDB17D #EDE97D #B9ED7D

triadic

#EDE97D #7DEDE9 #E97DED

tetradic

#EDE97D #7DEDB1 #7D81ED #ED7DB9

square

#EDE97D #7DEDB1 #7D81ED #ED7DB9

split-complementary

#EDE97D #7DB9ED #B17DED

monochromatic

#D2CC1D #E6E047 #EDE97D #F4F2B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EDE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE97D

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE97D	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)

#F9E274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa5',
    500: '#ede97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede97d;
$custom-light: #f5efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91503,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE97D

secondary

#484CC7

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE97D

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

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