#FFED8A#FFED8A

#FFED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED8A
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.31, -6.83, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.31, 50.40, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.99% -0.0195 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(93.99% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.1137, 83.6660, 36.1796)
Luminance	0.8366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED8A #8A9CFF

analogous

#FFB38A #FFED8A #D7FF8A

triadic

#FFED8A #8AFFED #ED8AFF

tetradic

#FFED8A #8AFFB3 #8A9CFF #FF8AD7

square

#FFED8A #8AFFB3 #8A9CFF #FF8AD7

split-complementary

#FFED8A #8AD7FF #B38AFF

monochromatic

#FFDA10 #FFE44D #FFED8A #FFF6C7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#FFED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED8A

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED8A	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#ffed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed8a;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93994,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED8A

secondary

#4E64E0

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED8A

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

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