#EDE57E#EDE57E

#EDE57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE57E
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -11.04, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 52.05, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0318 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7119, 75.5514, 30.8033)
Luminance	0.7555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE57E #7E86ED

analogous

#EDAD7E #EDE57E #BDED7E

triadic

#EDE57E #7EEDE5 #E57EED

tetradic

#EDE57E #7EEDAD #7E86ED #ED7EBD

square

#EDE57E #7EEDAD #7E86ED #ED7EBD

split-complementary

#EDE57E #7EBDED #AD7EED

monochromatic

#D3C61D #E6DA48 #EDE57E #F4F0B4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EDE57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE57E

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE57E	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eda5',
    500: '#ede57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede57e;
$custom-light: #f5eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90695,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE57E

secondary

#4852C7

accent

#1CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE57E

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

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