#EDED55#EDED55

#EDED55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.169 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED55
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -18.01, 70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 72.95, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0558 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.169 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8511, 79.2307, 20.3641)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED55 #5555ED

analogous

#EDA155 #EDED55 #A1ED55

triadic

#EDED55 #55EDED #ED55ED

tetradic

#EDED55 #55EDA1 #5555ED #ED55A1

square

#EDED55 #55EDA1 #5555ED #ED55A1

split-complementary

#EDED55 #55A1ED #A155ED

monochromatic

#B4B413 #E7E71E #EDED55 #F3F38C #F9F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EDED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED55

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED55	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.169 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f28c',
    500: '#eded55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded55;
$custom-light: #f6f28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91913,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED55

secondary

#3232B4

accent

#08DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED55

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

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