#EDE056#EDE056

#EDE056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.156 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE056
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -11.56, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 67.77, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0375 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.156 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2628, 71.9901, 19.3654)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE056 #5663ED

analogous

#ED9456 #EDE056 #AFED56

triadic

#EDE056 #56EDE0 #E056ED

tetradic

#EDE056 #56ED94 #5663ED #ED56AF

square

#EDE056 #56ED94 #5663ED #ED56AF

split-complementary

#EDE056 #56AFED #9456ED

monochromatic

#B5A713 #E7D61F #EDE056 #F3EA8D #F9F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE056

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE056	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.156 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98c',
    500: '#ede056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede056;
$custom-light: #f6e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89227,
    "c": 0.15584,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE056

secondary

#323EB5

accent

#1BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE056

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

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