#EDE359#EDE359

#EDE359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE359
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -12.87, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 67.63, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0409 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.1996, 73.6662, 20.2865)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE359 #5963ED

analogous

#ED9959 #EDE359 #ADED59

triadic

#EDE359 #59EDE3 #E359ED

tetradic

#EDE359 #59ED99 #5963ED #ED59AD

square

#EDE359 #59ED99 #5963ED #ED59AD

split-complementary

#EDE359 #59ADED #9959ED

monochromatic

#B8AD14 #E7DA22 #EDE359 #F3EC90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EDE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE359

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE359	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb8e',
    500: '#ede359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede359;
$custom-light: #f6eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89871,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE359

secondary

#333CB7

accent

#17DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE359

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

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