#EDED5B#EDED5B

#EDED5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.165 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDED5B
RGB	rgb(237, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -17.65, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 70.61, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% -0.0542 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.165 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.0997, 79.3301, 21.6731)
Luminance	0.7933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDED5B #5B5BED

analogous

#EDA45B #EDED5B #A4ED5B

triadic

#EDED5B #5BEDED #ED5BED

tetradic

#EDED5B #5BEDA4 #5B5BED #ED5BA4

square

#EDED5B #5BEDA4 #5B5BED #ED5BA4

split-complementary

#EDED5B #5BA4ED #A45BED

monochromatic

#B9B914 #E7E724 #EDED5B #F3F392 #F9F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#EDED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDED5B

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDED5B	1.00	1.25	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eded5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.165 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f290',
    500: '#eded5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eded5b;
$custom-light: #f6f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eded5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91963,
    "c": 0.16454,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDED5B

secondary

#3434B8

accent

#09DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDED5B

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

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