#EDEB59#EDEB59

#EDEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB59
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -16.80, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 70.63, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.052 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4387, 78.1444, 21.0329)
Luminance	0.7814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB59 #595BED

analogous

#EDA159 #EDEB59 #A5ED59

triadic

#EDEB59 #59EDEB #EB59ED

tetradic

#EDEB59 #59EDA1 #595BED #ED59A5

square

#EDEB59 #59EDA1 #595BED #ED59A5

split-complementary

#EDEB59 #59A5ED #A159ED

monochromatic

#B8B514 #E7E422 #EDEB59 #F3F290 #F9F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EDEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB59

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB59	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f18e',
    500: '#edeb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb59;
$custom-light: #f6f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91529,
    "c": 0.16403,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB59

secondary

#3335B7

accent

#0CDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB59

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

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