#EDE356#EDE356

#EDE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE356
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -13.05, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 68.84, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0417 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0762, 73.6168, 19.6365)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE356 #5660ED

analogous

#ED9756 #EDE356 #ACED56

triadic

#EDE356 #56EDE3 #E356ED

tetradic

#EDE356 #56ED97 #5660ED #ED56AC

square

#EDE356 #56ED97 #5660ED #ED56AC

split-complementary

#EDE356 #56ACED #9756ED

monochromatic

#B5AB13 #E7DA1F #EDE356 #F3EC8D #F9F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EDE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE356

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE356	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb8c',
    500: '#ede356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede356;
$custom-light: #f6eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89845,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE356

secondary

#323BB5

accent

#16DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE356

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

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