#EDE256#EDE256

#EDE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.158 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE256
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -12.56, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 68.48, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0403 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.158 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8035, 73.0714, 19.5456)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE256 #5661ED

analogous

#ED9656 #EDE256 #ACED56

triadic

#EDE256 #56EDE2 #E256ED

tetradic

#EDE256 #56ED96 #5661ED #ED56AC

square

#EDE256 #56ED96 #5661ED #ED56AC

split-complementary

#EDE256 #56ACED #9656ED

monochromatic

#B5A913 #E7D91F #EDE256 #F3EB8D #F9F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EDE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE256

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE256	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.158 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8c',
    500: '#ede256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede256;
$custom-light: #f6ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.629,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89639,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE256

secondary

#323CB5

accent

#18DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE256

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

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