#EDE97E#EDE97E

#EDE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE97E
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -13.02, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 53.72, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0375 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.8314, 77.7905, 31.1765)
Luminance	0.7779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE97E #7E82ED

analogous

#EDB17E #EDE97E #B9ED7E

triadic

#EDE97E #7EEDE9 #E97EED

tetradic

#EDE97E #7EEDB1 #7E82ED #ED7EB9

square

#EDE97E #7EEDB1 #7E82ED #ED7EB9

split-complementary

#EDE97E #7EB9ED #B17EED

monochromatic

#D3CD1D #E6E048 #EDE97E #F4F2B4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EDE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE97E

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE97E	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa5',
    500: '#ede97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede97e;
$custom-light: #f5efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91516,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE97E

secondary

#484DC7

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE97E

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

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