#EDE756#EDE756

#EDE756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.162 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE756
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -15.02, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 70.30, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0473 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.162 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1830, 75.8304, 20.0054)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE756 #565CED

analogous

#ED9B56 #EDE756 #A7ED56

triadic

#EDE756 #56EDE7 #E756ED

tetradic

#EDE756 #56ED9B #565CED #ED56A7

square

#EDE756 #56ED9B #565CED #ED56A7

split-complementary

#EDE756 #56A7ED #9B56ED

monochromatic

#B5AF13 #E7DF1F #EDE756 #F3EF8D #F9F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EDE756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE756

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE756	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)

#F9DF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.162 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee8c',
    500: '#ede756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede756;
$custom-light: #f6ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.616,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90673,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE756

secondary

#3237B5

accent

#11DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE756

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

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