#EDE97F#EDE97F

#EDE97F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.129 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE97F
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 127)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 46.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -12.93, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 53.25, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0371 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.129 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.8962, 77.8164, 31.5180)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE97F #7F83ED

analogous

#EDB27F #EDE97F #BAED7F

triadic

#EDE97F #7FEDE9 #E97FED

tetradic

#EDE97F #7FEDB2 #7F83ED #ED7FBA

square

#EDE97F #7FEDB2 #7F83ED #ED7FBA

split-complementary

#EDE97F #7FBAED #B27FED

monochromatic

#D4CD1E #E5E049 #EDE97F #F5F2B5 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EDE97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE97F

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE97F	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)

#F9E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.129 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa6',
    500: '#ede97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede97f;
$custom-light: #f5efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91529,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE97F

secondary

#494EC7

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE97F

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

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