#EDE259#EDE259

#EDE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.155 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE259
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -12.38, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 67.27, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0395 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.155 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9269, 73.1208, 20.1956)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE259 #5964ED

analogous

#ED9859 #EDE259 #AEED59

triadic

#EDE259 #59EDE2 #E259ED

tetradic

#EDE259 #59ED98 #5964ED #ED59AE

square

#EDE259 #59ED98 #5964ED #ED59AE

split-complementary

#EDE259 #59AEED #9859ED

monochromatic

#B8AC14 #E7D822 #EDE259 #F3EC90 #F9F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EDE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE259

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE259	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.155 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea8e',
    500: '#ede259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede259;
$custom-light: #f6ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89665,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE259

secondary

#333DB7

accent

#18DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE259

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

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