#EDED56#EDED56

#EDED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.168 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED56
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -17.95, 70.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 72.57, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0556 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.168 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8911, 79.2467, 20.5748)
Luminance	0.7924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED56 #5656ED

analogous

#EDA156 #EDED56 #A1ED56

triadic

#EDED56 #56EDED #ED56ED

tetradic

#EDED56 #56EDA1 #5656ED #ED56A1

square

#EDED56 #56EDA1 #5656ED #ED56A1

split-complementary

#EDED56 #56A1ED #A156ED

monochromatic

#B5B513 #E7E71F #EDED56 #F3F38D #F9F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EDED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED56

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED56	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)

#FFE442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.168 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f28d',
    500: '#eded56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded56;
$custom-light: #f6f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91921,
    "c": 0.16818,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED56

secondary

#3232B5

accent

#08DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED56

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

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