#EDEA57#EDEA57

#EDEA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.165 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA57
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -16.43, 69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 71.04, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0512 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.165 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0704, 77.5403, 20.5014)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA57 #575AED

analogous

#ED9F57 #EDEA57 #A5ED57

triadic

#EDEA57 #57EDEA #EA57ED

tetradic

#EDEA57 #57ED9F #575AED #ED57A5

square

#EDEA57 #57ED9F #575AED #ED57A5

split-complementary

#EDEA57 #57A5ED #9F57ED

monochromatic

#B6B314 #E7E320 #EDEA57 #F3F18E #F9F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EDEA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA57

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA57	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.165 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f08d',
    500: '#edea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea57;
$custom-light: #f6f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91304,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA57

secondary

#3335B6

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA57

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

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