#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
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -16.68, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 69.83, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0515 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.5238, 78.1785, 21.4812)
Luminance	0.7818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EDEB5B	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EDEB5B

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

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