#EDE959#EDE959
#EDE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.162 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDE959 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 233, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.32, -15.82, 68.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.32, 69.87, 103.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.11% -0.0493 0.1544) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.11% 0.162 107.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.8693, 77.0056, 20.8431) |
| Luminance | 0.7700 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.42
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.45
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.61
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.68
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.28
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDE959 #595DED
analogous
#ED9F59 #EDE959 #A7ED59
triadic
#EDE959 #59EDE9 #E959ED
tetradic
#EDE959 #59ED9F #595DED #ED59A7
square
#EDE959 #59ED9F #595DED #ED59A7
split-complementary
#EDE959 #59A7ED #9F59ED
monochromatic
#B8B314 #E7E222 #EDE959 #F3F090 #F9F8C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#EDE959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.40
#EDE959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDE959
16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDE959 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDE959 | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.40 | 16.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBE047
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE662
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDDBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ede959; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.162 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ef8e',
500: '#ede959',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ede959; $custom-light: #f6ef8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ede959",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 233,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.378,
"s": 80.435,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91113,
"c": 0.16207,
"h": 107.7
},
"luminance": 0.77004
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDE959
secondary
#3337B7
accent
#0EDD09
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F