#EDEA5B#EDEA5B

#EDEA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.162 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA5B
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -16.19, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 69.45, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0501 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.162 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.2384, 77.6075, 21.3860)
Luminance	0.7761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA5B #5B5EED

analogous

#EDA15B #EDEA5B #A7ED5B

triadic

#EDEA5B #5BEDEA #EA5BED

tetradic

#EDEA5B #5BEDA1 #5B5EED #ED5BA7

square

#EDEA5B #5BEDA1 #5B5EED #ED5BA7

split-complementary

#EDEA5B #5BA7ED #A15BED

monochromatic

#B9B614 #E7E324 #EDEA5B #F3F192 #F9F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#EDEA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA5B

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA5B	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.162 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f08f',
    500: '#edea5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea5b;
$custom-light: #f6f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91339,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA5B

secondary

#3437B8

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA5B

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

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