#EDE057#EDE057

#EDE057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE057
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -11.50, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 67.36, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0372 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3034, 72.0063, 19.5791)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE057 #5764ED

analogous

#ED9557 #EDE057 #AFED57

triadic

#EDE057 #57EDE0 #E057ED

tetradic

#EDE057 #57ED95 #5764ED #ED57AF

square

#EDE057 #57ED95 #5764ED #ED57AF

split-complementary

#EDE057 #57AFED #9557ED

monochromatic

#B6A814 #E7D620 #EDE057 #F3EA8E #F9F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#EDE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE057

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE057	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)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98c',
    500: '#ede057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede057;
$custom-light: #f6e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89235,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE057

secondary

#333EB6

accent

#1BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE057

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

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