#EDE157#EDE157

#EDE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.156 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE157
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -12.00, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 67.72, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0386 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.156 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5729, 72.5454, 19.6689)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE157 #5763ED

analogous

#ED9657 #EDE157 #AEED57

triadic

#EDE157 #57EDE1 #E157ED

tetradic

#EDE157 #57ED96 #5763ED #ED57AE

square

#EDE157 #57ED96 #5763ED #ED57AE

split-complementary

#EDE157 #57AEED #9657ED

monochromatic

#B6A914 #E7D720 #EDE157 #F3EB8E #F9F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EDE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE157

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE157	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)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.156 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8c',
    500: '#ede157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede157;
$custom-light: #f6ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89441,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE157

secondary

#333DB6

accent

#1ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE157

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

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