#EDEE57#EDEE57

#EDEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE57
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -18.38, 70.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 72.57, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0567 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2220, 79.8436, 20.8853)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE57 #5857EE

analogous

#EEA357 #EDEE57 #A1EE57

triadic

#EDEE57 #57EDEE #EE57ED

tetradic

#EDEE57 #57EEA3 #5857EE #EE57A1

square

#EDEE57 #57EEA3 #5857EE #EE57A1

split-complementary

#EDEE57 #57A1EE #A357EE

monochromatic

#B7B813 #E7E81F #EDEE57 #F3F48F #F9F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EDEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE57

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE57	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)

#FFE443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f38d',
    500: '#edee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee57;
$custom-light: #f6f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92138,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE57

secondary

#3332B7

accent

#08DE09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE57

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

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