#EDE655#EDE655

#EDE655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.162 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE655
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -14.59, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 70.33, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0462 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.162 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8639, 75.2562, 19.7017)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE655 #555CED

analogous

#ED9A55 #EDE655 #A8ED55

triadic

#EDE655 #55EDE6 #E655ED

tetradic

#EDE655 #55ED9A #555CED #ED55A8

square

#EDE655 #55ED9A #555CED #ED55A8

split-complementary

#EDE655 #55A8ED #9A55ED

monochromatic

#B4AD13 #E7DE1E #EDE655 #F3EE8C #F9F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EDE655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE655

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE655	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.162 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed8c',
    500: '#ede655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede655;
$custom-light: #f6ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.237,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90457,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE655

secondary

#3238B4

accent

#12DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE655

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

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