#EDEE5B#EDEE5B

#EDEE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.166 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE5B
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -18.14, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 71.00, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.17% -0.0556 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(92.17% 0.166 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.3900, 79.9108, 21.7699)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE5B #5C5BEE

analogous

#EEA65B #EDEE5B #A4EE5B

triadic

#EDEE5B #5BEDEE #EE5BED

tetradic

#EDEE5B #5BEEA6 #5C5BEE #EE5BA4

square

#EDEE5B #5BEEA6 #5C5BEE #EE5BA4

split-complementary

#EDEE5B #5BA4EE #A65BEE

monochromatic

#BABB13 #E7E824 #EDEE5B #F3F492 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#EDEE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE5B

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE5B	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.166 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f390',
    500: '#edee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee5b;
$custom-light: #f6f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92172,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE5B

secondary

#3433BA

accent

#08DE09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE5B

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

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