#EDE859#EDE859

#EDE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.161 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE859
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -15.33, 67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 69.49, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0479 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.161 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5871, 76.4411, 20.7490)
Luminance	0.7644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE859 #595EED

analogous

#ED9E59 #EDE859 #A8ED59

triadic

#EDE859 #59EDE8 #E859ED

tetradic

#EDE859 #59ED9E #595EED #ED59A8

square

#EDE859 #59ED9E #595EED #ED59A8

split-complementary

#EDE859 #59A8ED #9E59ED

monochromatic

#B8B214 #E7E022 #EDE859 #F3F090 #F9F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EDE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE859

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE859	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.161 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8e',
    500: '#ede859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede859;
$custom-light: #f6ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90906,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE859

secondary

#3338B7

accent

#10DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE859

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

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