#EDE856#EDE856

#EDE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.163 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE856
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -15.51, 68.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 70.68, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0487 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.163 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4636, 76.3917, 20.0990)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE856 #565BED

analogous

#ED9C56 #EDE856 #A6ED56

triadic

#EDE856 #56EDE8 #E856ED

tetradic

#EDE856 #56ED9C #565BED #ED56A6

square

#EDE856 #56ED9C #565BED #ED56A6

split-complementary

#EDE856 #56A6ED #9C56ED

monochromatic

#B5B013 #E7E01F #EDE856 #F3F08D #F9F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#EDE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE856

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE856	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.163 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8c',
    500: '#ede856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede856;
$custom-light: #f6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9088,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE856

secondary

#3237B5

accent

#0FDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE856

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

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