#EDE589#EDE589

#EDE589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.114 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE589
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -9.99, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 46.80, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0278 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.114 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4611, 75.8511, 34.7491)
Luminance	0.7585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE589 #8991ED

analogous

#EDB389 #EDE589 #C3ED89

triadic

#EDE589 #89EDE5 #E589ED

tetradic

#EDE589 #89EDB3 #8991ED #ED89C3

square

#EDE589 #89EDB3 #8991ED #ED89C3

split-complementary

#EDE589 #89C3ED #B389ED

monochromatic

#DACB21 #E5D954 #EDE589 #F5F1BE #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EDE589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE589

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE589	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.114 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edad',
    500: '#ede589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede589;
$custom-light: #f4edad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90851,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE589

secondary

#525CC8

accent

#20D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE589

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

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