#EDE557#EDE557

#EDE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.160 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE557
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -13.98, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 69.17, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0443 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.16 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6670, 74.7335, 20.0336)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE557 #575FED

analogous

#ED9A57 #EDE557 #AAED57

triadic

#EDE557 #57EDE5 #E557ED

tetradic

#EDE557 #57ED9A #575FED #ED57AA

square

#EDE557 #57ED9A #575FED #ED57AA

split-complementary

#EDE557 #57AAED #9A57ED

monochromatic

#B6AD14 #E7DC20 #EDE557 #F3EE8E #F9F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#EDE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE557

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE557	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.160 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8d',
    500: '#ede557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede557;
$custom-light: #f6ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90267,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE557

secondary

#333AB6

accent

#14DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE557

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

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