#EDEA62#EDEA62

#EDEA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.156 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA62
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -15.73, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 66.58, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0481 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.156 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.5545, 77.7339, 23.0512)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA62 #6265ED

analogous

#EDA462 #EDEA62 #AAED62

triadic

#EDEA62 #62EDEA #EA62ED

tetradic

#EDEA62 #62EDA4 #6265ED #ED62AA

square

#EDEA62 #62EDA4 #6265ED #ED62AA

split-complementary

#EDEA62 #62AAED #A462ED

monochromatic

#BFBB16 #E7E32B #EDEA62 #F3F199 #FAF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EDEA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA62

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA62	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.156 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f094',
    500: '#edea62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea62;
$custom-light: #f6f094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91403,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA62

secondary

#3639BD

accent

#0EDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA62

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

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