#EDE591#EDE591

#EDE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.105 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE591
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -9.15, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 42.91, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0247 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0563, 76.0892, 37.8842)
Luminance	0.7609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE591 #9199ED

analogous

#EDB791 #EDE591 #C7ED91

triadic

#EDE591 #91EDE5 #E591ED

tetradic

#EDE591 #91EDB7 #9199ED #ED91C7

square

#EDE591 #91EDB7 #9199ED #ED91C7

split-complementary

#EDE591 #91C7ED #B791ED

monochromatic

#DCCC28 #E4D95C #EDE591 #F6F1C6 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#EDE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE591

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE591	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.105 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb2',
    500: '#ede591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede591;
$custom-light: #f4edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90974,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE591

secondary

#5A63C8

accent

#22D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE591

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

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