#EDE459#EDE459

#EDE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE459
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -13.37, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 68.00, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0423 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4739, 74.2148, 20.3779)
Luminance	0.7421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE459 #5962ED

analogous

#ED9A59 #EDE459 #ACED59

triadic

#EDE459 #59EDE4 #E459ED

tetradic

#EDE459 #59ED9A #5962ED #ED59AC

square

#EDE459 #59ED9A #5962ED #ED59AC

split-complementary

#EDE459 #59ACED #9A59ED

monochromatic

#B8AE14 #E7DB22 #EDE459 #F3ED90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EDE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE459

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE459	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)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8e',
    500: '#ede459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede459;
$custom-light: #f6ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90078,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE459

secondary

#333BB7

accent

#16DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE459

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

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