#EDE579#EDE579

#EDE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.130 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE579
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -11.49, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 54.39, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0336 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.13 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.3973, 75.4256, 29.1465)
Luminance	0.7542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE579 #7981ED

analogous

#EDAB79 #EDE579 #BBED79

triadic

#EDE579 #79EDE5 #E579ED

tetradic

#EDE579 #79EDAB #7981ED #ED79BB

square

#EDE579 #79EDAB #7981ED #ED79BB

split-complementary

#EDE579 #79BBED #AB79ED

monochromatic

#D0C31C #E6DB43 #EDE579 #F4EFAF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#EDE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE579

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE579	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.130 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eda2',
    500: '#ede579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede579;
$custom-light: #f5eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90629,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE579

secondary

#444DC6

accent

#1BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE579

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

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