#EDE559#EDE559

#EDE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.158 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE559
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -13.86, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 68.37, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0437 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.158 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.7498, 74.7666, 20.4699)
Luminance	0.7476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE559 #5961ED

analogous

#ED9B59 #EDE559 #ABED59

triadic

#EDE559 #59EDE5 #E559ED

tetradic

#EDE559 #59ED9B #5961ED #ED59AB

square

#EDE559 #59ED9B #5961ED #ED59AB

split-complementary

#EDE559 #59ABED #9B59ED

monochromatic

#B8AF14 #E7DC22 #EDE559 #F3EE90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#EDE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE559

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE559	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)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.158 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec8e',
    500: '#ede559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede559;
$custom-light: #f6ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90284,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE559

secondary

#333AB7

accent

#14DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE559

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

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