#EDEA59#EDEA59

#EDEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.163 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA59
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -16.31, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 70.25, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0506 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.163 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1532, 77.5734, 20.9377)
Luminance	0.7757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA59 #595CED

analogous

#EDA059 #EDEA59 #A6ED59

triadic

#EDEA59 #59EDEA #EA59ED

tetradic

#EDEA59 #59EDA0 #595CED #ED59A6

square

#EDEA59 #59EDA0 #595CED #ED59A6

split-complementary

#EDEA59 #59A6ED #A059ED

monochromatic

#B8B414 #E7E322 #EDEA59 #F3F190 #F9F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EDEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA59

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA59	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)

#FCE147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.163 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f08e',
    500: '#edea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea59;
$custom-light: #f6f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91321,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA59

secondary

#3336B7

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA59

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

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