#EDEB5B#EDEB5B

#EDEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.163 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDEB5B
RGBrgb(237, 235, 91)
HSLhsl(59, 80%, 64%)
HSVhsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(90.86, -16.68, 67.81)
CIE-LCHlch(90.86, 69.83, 103.82°)
OKLaboklab(91.55% -0.0515 0.1542)
OKLCHoklch(91.55% 0.163 108.5)
XYZxyz(66.5238, 78.1785, 21.4812)
Luminance0.7818 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDEB5B #5B5DED
analogous
#EDA25B #EDEB5B #A6ED5B
triadic
#EDEB5B #5BEDEB #EB5BED
tetradic
#EDEB5B #5BEDA2 #5B5DED #ED5BA6
square
#EDEB5B #5BEDA2 #5B5DED #ED5BA6
split-complementary
#EDEB5B #5BA6ED #A25BED
monochromatic
#B9B714 #E7E424 #EDEB5B #F3F292 #F9F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26
#EDEB5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64
#EDEB5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB5B
16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDEB5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDEB5B1.001.2616.6416.64
#FFFFFF1.261.0021.0021.00
#00000016.6421.001.001.00
##00000016.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE249
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE764
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDDDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edeb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.163 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f190',
    500: '#edeb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edeb5b;
$custom-light: #f6f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edeb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91547,
    "c": 0.16255,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDEB5B
secondary
#3436B8
accent
#0CDD09
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#EDEB5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva