#FFED5A#FFED5A

#FFED5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.163 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED5A
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.83, -10.40, 70.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.83, 71.49, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.46% -0.0348 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(93.46% 0.163 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3726, 82.5695, 21.7435)
Luminance	0.8257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED5A #5A6CFF

analogous

#FF9B5A #FFED5A #BEFF5A

triadic

#FFED5A #5AFFED #ED5AFF

tetradic

#FFED5A #5AFF9B #5A6CFF #FF5ABE

square

#FFED5A #5AFF9B #5A6CFF #FF5ABE

split-complementary

#FFED5A #5ABEFF #9B5AFF

monochromatic

#DFC600 #FFE61D #FFED5A #FFF497 #FFFAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFED5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FFED5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED5A

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED5A	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.163 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff28f',
    500: '#ffed5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed5a;
$custom-light: #fff28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93459,
    "c": 0.16348,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED5A

secondary

#2639D7

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED5A

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

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