#EDE456#EDE456

#EDE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE456
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -13.54, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 69.20, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0431 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3505, 74.1654, 19.7279)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE456 #565FED

analogous

#ED9856 #EDE456 #AAED56

triadic

#EDE456 #56EDE4 #E456ED

tetradic

#EDE456 #56ED98 #565FED #ED56AA

square

#EDE456 #56ED98 #565FED #ED56AA

split-complementary

#EDE456 #56AAED #9856ED

monochromatic

#B5AC13 #E7DB1F #EDE456 #F3ED8D #F9F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EDE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE456

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE456	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8c',
    500: '#ede456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede456;
$custom-light: #f6ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90052,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE456

secondary

#323AB5

accent

#15DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE456

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

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