#EDEB4E#EDEB4E

#EDEB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.172 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB4E
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -17.42, 72.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 74.81, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0549 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.172 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0108, 77.9733, 18.7794)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB4E #4E50ED

analogous

#ED9C4E #EDEB4E #A0ED4E

triadic

#EDEB4E #4EEDEB #EB4EED

tetradic

#EDEB4E #4EED9C #4E50ED #ED4EA0

square

#EDEB4E #4EED9C #4E50ED #ED4EA0

split-complementary

#EDEB4E #4EA0ED #9C4EED

monochromatic

#AFAD12 #E6E417 #EDEB4E #F3F186 #F8F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDEB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EDEB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB4E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB4E	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.172 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f188',
    500: '#edeb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb4e;
$custom-light: #f6f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91442,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB4E

secondary

#3032AF

accent

#0ADE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB4E

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

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