#EDEA5E#EDEA5E

#EDEA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA5E
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -16.00, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 68.23, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0492 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(66.3704, 77.6603, 22.0813)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA5E #5E61ED

analogous

#EDA25E #EDEA5E #A9ED5E

triadic

#EDEA5E #5EEDEA #EA5EED

tetradic

#EDEA5E #5EEDA2 #5E61ED #ED5EA9

square

#EDEA5E #5EEDA2 #5E61ED #ED5EA9

split-complementary

#EDEA5E #5EA9ED #A25EED

monochromatic

#BCB815 #E7E327 #EDEA5E #F3F195 #F9F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EDEA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA5E

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA5E	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f091',
    500: '#edea5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea5e;
$custom-light: #f6f091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91366,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.77658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA5E

secondary

#3538BA

accent

#0EDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA5E

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

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