#EDEE56#EDEE56

#EDEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.169 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE56
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -18.43, 70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 72.95, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0569 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.169 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1815, 79.8273, 20.6716)
Luminance	0.7983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE56 #5756EE

analogous

#EEA356 #EDEE56 #A1EE56

triadic

#EDEE56 #56EDEE #EE56ED

tetradic

#EDEE56 #56EEA3 #5756EE #EE56A1

square

#EDEE56 #56EEA3 #5756EE #EE56A1

split-complementary

#EDEE56 #56A1EE #A356EE

monochromatic

#B6B712 #E7E81E #EDEE56 #F3F48E #F9F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EDEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE56

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE56	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.169 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f38d',
    500: '#edee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee56;
$custom-light: #f6f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.395,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9213,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE56

secondary

#3332B7

accent

#07DE09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE56

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

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