#EDE657#EDE657

#EDE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.161 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE657
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -14.47, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 69.54, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0457 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.161 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9445, 75.2884, 20.1261)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE657 #575EED

analogous

#ED9B57 #EDE657 #A9ED57

triadic

#EDE657 #57EDE6 #E657ED

tetradic

#EDE657 #57ED9B #575EED #ED57A9

square

#EDE657 #57ED9B #575EED #ED57A9

split-complementary

#EDE657 #57A9ED #9B57ED

monochromatic

#B6AF14 #E7DE20 #EDE657 #F3EE8E #F9F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EDE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE657

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE657	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.161 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed8d',
    500: '#ede657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede657;
$custom-light: #f6ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90474,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE657

secondary

#3339B6

accent

#12DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE657

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

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