#EDE659#EDE659

#EDE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE659
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -14.35, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 68.74, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0451 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0273, 75.3216, 20.5624)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE659 #5960ED

analogous

#ED9C59 #EDE659 #AAED59

triadic

#EDE659 #59EDE6 #E659ED

tetradic

#EDE659 #59ED9C #5960ED #ED59AA

square

#EDE659 #59ED9C #5960ED #ED59AA

split-complementary

#EDE659 #59AAED #9C59ED

monochromatic

#B8B014 #E7DE22 #EDE659 #F3EE90 #F9F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EDE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE659

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE659	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)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed8e',
    500: '#ede659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede659;
$custom-light: #f6ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.162,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90491,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE659

secondary

#3339B7

accent

#13DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE659

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

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