#EDE565#EDE565

#EDE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.149 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE565
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -13.07, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 63.36, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0402 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.149 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2954, 74.9848, 23.3434)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE565 #656DED

analogous

#EDA165 #EDE565 #B1ED65

triadic

#EDE565 #65EDE5 #E565ED

tetradic

#EDE565 #65EDA1 #656DED #ED65B1

square

#EDE565 #65EDA1 #656DED #ED65B1

split-complementary

#EDE565 #65B1ED #A165ED

monochromatic

#C1B717 #E7DC2E #EDE565 #F3EE9C #FAF8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EDE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE565

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE565	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.149 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed95',
    500: '#ede565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede565;
$custom-light: #f6ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90399,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE565

secondary

#373FBF

accent

#16DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE565

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

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