#EDEA4E#EDEA4E

#EDEA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.171 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA4E
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -16.93, 72.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 74.44, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0535 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.171 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7254, 77.4023, 18.6842)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA4E #4E51ED

analogous

#ED9B4E #EDEA4E #A1ED4E

triadic

#EDEA4E #4EEDEA #EA4EED

tetradic

#EDEA4E #4EED9B #4E51ED #ED4EA1

square

#EDEA4E #4EED9B #4E51ED #ED4EA1

split-complementary

#EDEA4E #4EA1ED #9B4EED

monochromatic

#AFAC12 #E6E217 #EDEA4E #F3F186 #F8F7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EDEA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA4E

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA4E	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.171 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f088',
    500: '#edea4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea4e;
$custom-light: #f6f088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91234,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA4E

secondary

#3032AF

accent

#0CDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA4E

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

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