#EDE156#EDE156

#EDE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.157 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE156
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -12.06, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 68.12, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0389 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.157 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5324, 72.5292, 19.4552)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE156 #5662ED

analogous

#ED9556 #EDE156 #ADED56

triadic

#EDE156 #56EDE1 #E156ED

tetradic

#EDE156 #56ED95 #5662ED #ED56AD

square

#EDE156 #56ED95 #5662ED #ED56AD

split-complementary

#EDE156 #56ADED #9556ED

monochromatic

#B5A813 #E7D71F #EDE156 #F3EB8D #F9F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EDE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE156

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE156	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.157 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8c',
    500: '#ede156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede156;
$custom-light: #f6ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89433,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE156

secondary

#323DB5

accent

#19DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE156

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

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