#EDE56E#EDE56E

#EDE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE56E
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -12.40, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 59.41, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0373 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7608, 75.1710, 25.7942)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE56E #6E76ED

analogous

#EDA56E #EDE56E #B6ED6E

triadic

#EDE56E #6EEDE5 #E56EED

tetradic

#EDE56E #6EEDA5 #6E76ED #ED6EB6

square

#EDE56E #6EEDA5 #6E76ED #ED6EB6

split-complementary

#EDE56E #6EB6ED #A56EED

monochromatic

#C8BD19 #E6DB38 #EDE56E #F4EFA4 #FBF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EDE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE56E

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE56E	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed9b',
    500: '#ede56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede56e;
$custom-light: #f5ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90496,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE56E

secondary

#3A43C5

accent

#18DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE56E

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

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