#EDE956#EDE956

#EDE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.164 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE956
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -16.00, 69.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 71.05, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0501 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.164 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7459, 76.9563, 20.1931)
Luminance	0.7695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE956 #565AED

analogous

#ED9E56 #EDE956 #A5ED56

triadic

#EDE956 #56EDE9 #E956ED

tetradic

#EDE956 #56ED9E #565AED #ED56A5

square

#EDE956 #56ED9E #565AED #ED56A5

split-complementary

#EDE956 #56A5ED #9E56ED

monochromatic

#B5B113 #E7E21F #EDE956 #F3F08D #F9F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EDE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE956

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE956	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.164 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8c',
    500: '#ede956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede956;
$custom-light: #f6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91088,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE956

secondary

#3236B5

accent

#0EDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE956

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

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