#EDEB5D#EDEB5D

#EDEB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.161 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB5D
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -16.55, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 69.03, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0509 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.161 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6113, 78.2134, 21.9416)
Luminance	0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB5D #5D5FED

analogous

#EDA35D #EDEB5D #A7ED5D

triadic

#EDEB5D #5DEDEB #EB5DED

tetradic

#EDEB5D #5DEDA3 #5D5FED #ED5DA7

square

#EDEB5D #5DEDA3 #5D5FED #ED5DA7

split-complementary

#EDEB5D #5DA7ED #A35DED

monochromatic

#BBB915 #E7E426 #EDEB5D #F3F294 #F9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EDEB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB5D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB5D	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)

#FDE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.161 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f191',
    500: '#edeb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb5d;
$custom-light: #f6f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91564,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB5D

secondary

#3436BA

accent

#0CDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB5D

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

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