#FFED59#FFED59

#FFED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.164 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED59
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -10.46, 71.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 71.88, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.45% -0.0351 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(93.45% 0.164 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3304, 82.5526, 21.5209)
Luminance	0.8255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED59 #596BFF

analogous

#FF9A59 #FFED59 #BEFF59

triadic

#FFED59 #59FFED #ED59FF

tetradic

#FFED59 #59FF9A #596BFF #FF59BE

square

#FFED59 #59FF9A #596BFF #FF59BE

split-complementary

#FFED59 #59BEFF #9A59FF

monochromatic

#DEC600 #FFE61C #FFED59 #FFF496 #FFFAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FFED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED59

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED59	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.164 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff28f',
    500: '#ffed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed59;
$custom-light: #fff28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93451,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED59

secondary

#2639D6

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED59

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

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