#EDE357#EDE357

#EDE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.158 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE357
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -12.99, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 68.44, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0415 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.158 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.1168, 73.6331, 19.8502)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE357 #5761ED

analogous

#ED9857 #EDE357 #ACED57

triadic

#EDE357 #57EDE3 #E357ED

tetradic

#EDE357 #57ED98 #5761ED #ED57AC

square

#EDE357 #57ED98 #5761ED #ED57AC

split-complementary

#EDE357 #57ACED #9857ED

monochromatic

#B6AB14 #E7DA20 #EDE357 #F3EC8E #F9F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EDE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE357

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE357	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.158 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb8d',
    500: '#ede357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede357;
$custom-light: #f6eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89854,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE357

secondary

#333BB6

accent

#17DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE357

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

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