#EDE560#EDE560

#EDE560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.153 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE560
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -13.41, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 65.49, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0417 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.153 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0579, 74.8898, 22.0923)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE560 #6068ED

analogous

#ED9F60 #EDE560 #AEED60

triadic

#EDE560 #60EDE5 #E560ED

tetradic

#EDE560 #60ED9F #6068ED #ED60AE

square

#EDE560 #60ED9F #6068ED #ED60AE

split-complementary

#EDE560 #60AEED #9F60ED

monochromatic

#BDB415 #E7DC29 #EDE560 #F3EE97 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#EDE560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE560

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE560	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.153 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed92',
    500: '#ede560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede560;
$custom-light: #f6ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90349,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE560

secondary

#353DBC

accent

#15DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE560

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

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