#EDE56F#EDE56F

#EDE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.140 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE56F
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -12.32, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 58.96, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.037 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.14 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.8155, 75.1929, 26.0826)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE56F #6F77ED

analogous

#EDA66F #EDE56F #B6ED6F

triadic

#EDE56F #6FEDE5 #E56FED

tetradic

#EDE56F #6FEDA6 #6F77ED #ED6FB6

square

#EDE56F #6FEDA6 #6F77ED #ED6FB6

split-complementary

#EDE56F #6FB6ED #A66FED

monochromatic

#C9BD19 #E6DB39 #EDE56F #F4EFA5 #FBF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EDE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE56F

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE56F	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.140 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed9b',
    500: '#ede56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede56f;
$custom-light: #f5ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90507,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE56F

secondary

#3B44C5

accent

#19DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE56F

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

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