#EDE759#EDE759
#EDE759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDE759 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 231, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.80, -14.84, 67.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.80, 69.11, 102.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.7% -0.0465 0.1532) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.7% 0.16 106.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.3064, 75.8797, 20.6554) |
| Luminance | 0.7588 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.31
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.47
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.70
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.81
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.90
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDE759 #595FED
analogous
#ED9D59 #EDE759 #A9ED59
triadic
#EDE759 #59EDE7 #E759ED
tetradic
#EDE759 #59ED9D #595FED #ED59A9
square
#EDE759 #59ED9D #595FED #ED59A9
split-complementary
#EDE759 #59A9ED #9D59ED
monochromatic
#B8B114 #E7DF22 #EDE759 #F3EF90 #F9F7C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#EDE759 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.18
#EDE759 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDE759
16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDE759 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDE759 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.18 | 16.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DF47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE462
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDD9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ede759; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.160 106.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ee8e',
500: '#ede759',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ede759; $custom-light: #f6ee8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ede759",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 231,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.568,
"s": 80.435,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90698,
"c": 0.16014,
"h": 106.9
},
"luminance": 0.75878
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDE759
secondary
#3339B7
accent
#11DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86847F