#EDEB72#EDEB72

#EDEB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB72
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -15.04, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 60.05, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0444 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.6724, 78.6379, 27.5302)
Luminance	0.7864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB72 #7274ED

analogous

#EDAE72 #EDEB72 #B2ED72

triadic

#EDEB72 #72EDEB #EB72ED

tetradic

#EDEB72 #72EDAE #7274ED #ED72B2

square

#EDEB72 #72EDAE #7274ED #ED72B2

split-complementary

#EDEB72 #72B2ED #AE72ED

monochromatic

#CBC81A #E6E33C #EDEB72 #F4F3A8 #FBFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EDEB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB72

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB72	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f19e',
    500: '#edeb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb72;
$custom-light: #f5f19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9178,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB72

secondary

#3E40C6

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB72

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

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