#EDE987#EDE987

#EDE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.120 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE987
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -12.17, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 49.47, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0342 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.121 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4385, 78.0333, 34.3737)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE987 #878BED

analogous

#EDB687 #EDE987 #BEED87

triadic

#EDE987 #87EDE9 #E987ED

tetradic

#EDE987 #87EDB6 #878BED #ED87BE

square

#EDE987 #87EDB6 #878BED #ED87BE

split-complementary

#EDE987 #87BEED #B687ED

monochromatic

#D9D221 #E5DF52 #EDE987 #F5F3BC #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#EDE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE987

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE987	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.120 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efab',
    500: '#ede987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede987;
$custom-light: #f4efab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9164,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE987

secondary

#5155C8

accent

#17D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE987

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

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