#EDEB5C#EDEB5C

#EDEB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.162 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB5C
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -16.61, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 69.43, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0512 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.162 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.5673, 78.1958, 21.7099)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB5C #5C5EED

analogous

#EDA25C #EDEB5C #A7ED5C

triadic

#EDEB5C #5CEDEB #EB5CED

tetradic

#EDEB5C #5CEDA2 #5C5EED #ED5CA7

square

#EDEB5C #5CEDA2 #5C5EED #ED5CA7

split-complementary

#EDEB5C #5CA7ED #A25CED

monochromatic

#BAB815 #E7E425 #EDEB5C #F3F293 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EDEB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB5C

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB5C	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)

#FDE24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.162 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f190',
    500: '#edeb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb5c;
$custom-light: #f6f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91555,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB5C

secondary

#3436B9

accent

#0CDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB5C

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

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