#EDE457#EDE457

#EDE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.159 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE457
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -13.49, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 68.80, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0429 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.159 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3911, 74.1817, 19.9416)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE457 #5760ED

analogous

#ED9957 #EDE457 #ABED57

triadic

#EDE457 #57EDE4 #E457ED

tetradic

#EDE457 #57ED99 #5760ED #ED57AB

square

#EDE457 #57ED99 #5760ED #ED57AB

split-complementary

#EDE457 #57ABED #9957ED

monochromatic

#B6AC14 #E7DB20 #EDE457 #F3ED8E #F9F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EDE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE457

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE457	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.159 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8d',
    500: '#ede457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede457;
$custom-light: #f6ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9006,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE457

secondary

#333AB6

accent

#15DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE457

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

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