#FFED5E#FFED5E

#FFED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.161 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED5E
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.86, -10.17, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.86, 69.90, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.49% -0.0337 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(93.49% 0.161 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.5475, 82.6395, 22.6644)
Luminance	0.8264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED5E #5E70FF

analogous

#FF9C5E #FFED5E #C0FF5E

triadic

#FFED5E #5EFFED #ED5EFF

tetradic

#FFED5E #5EFF9C #5E70FF #FF5EC0

square

#FFED5E #5EFF9C #5E70FF #FF5EC0

split-complementary

#FFED5E #5EC0FF #9C5EFF

monochromatic

#E3C900 #FFE621 #FFED5E #FFF49B #FFFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FFED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED5E

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED5E	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.161 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff292',
    500: '#ffed5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed5e;
$custom-light: #fff292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.292,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93493,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED5E

secondary

#283CD9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED5E

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

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