#FFED72#FFED72

#FFED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED72
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -8.84, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 61.42, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(93.69% -0.0277 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(93.69% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.5640, 83.0461, 28.0182)
Luminance	0.8304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED72 #7284FF

analogous

#FFA672 #FFED72 #CBFF72

triadic

#FFED72 #72FFED #ED72FF

tetradic

#FFED72 #72FFA6 #7284FF #FF72CB

square

#FFED72 #72FFA6 #7284FF #FF72CB

split-complementary

#FFED72 #72CBFF #A672FF

monochromatic

#F7D700 #FFE535 #FFED72 #FFF5AF #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#FFED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED72

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED72	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff29e',
    500: '#ffed72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed72;
$custom-light: #fff29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93692,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED72

secondary

#394EDC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED72

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

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