#EDE257#EDE257

#EDE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.157 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE257
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -12.50, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 68.08, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0401 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.157 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8441, 73.0877, 19.7593)
Luminance	0.7308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE257 #5762ED

analogous

#ED9757 #EDE257 #ADED57

triadic

#EDE257 #57EDE2 #E257ED

tetradic

#EDE257 #57ED97 #5762ED #ED57AD

square

#EDE257 #57ED97 #5762ED #ED57AD

split-complementary

#EDE257 #57ADED #9757ED

monochromatic

#B6AA14 #E7D820 #EDE257 #F3EC8E #F9F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EDE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE257

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE257	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.157 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8d',
    500: '#ede257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede257;
$custom-light: #f6ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89647,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE257

secondary

#333CB6

accent

#18DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE257

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

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