#EDE985#EDE985

#EDE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.123 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE985
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -12.37, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 50.42, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.035 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.123 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.2990, 77.9775, 33.6391)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE985 #8589ED

analogous

#EDB585 #EDE985 #BDED85

triadic

#EDE985 #85EDE9 #E985ED

tetradic

#EDE985 #85EDB5 #8589ED #ED85BD

square

#EDE985 #85EDB5 #8589ED #ED85BD

split-complementary

#EDE985 #85BDED #B585ED

monochromatic

#D8D120 #E5DF50 #EDE985 #F5F3BA #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EDE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE985

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE985	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.123 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efaa',
    500: '#ede985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede985;
$custom-light: #f4efaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91612,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE985

secondary

#4F53C7

accent

#17D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE985

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

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