#EDEE55#EDEE55

#EDEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.170 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE55
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -18.49, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 73.33, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.12% -0.0572 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(92.12% 0.17 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1414, 79.8113, 20.4609)
Luminance	0.7981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE55 #5655EE

analogous

#EEA255 #EDEE55 #A0EE55

triadic

#EDEE55 #55EDEE #EE55ED

tetradic

#EDEE55 #55EEA2 #5655EE #EE55A0

square

#EDEE55 #55EEA2 #5655EE #EE55A0

split-complementary

#EDEE55 #55A0EE #A255EE

monochromatic

#B5B612 #E7E81D #EDEE55 #F3F48D #F9F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EDEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE55

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE55	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.170 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f38c',
    500: '#edee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee55;
$custom-light: #f6f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92122,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE55

secondary

#3231B6

accent

#07DE09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE55

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

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