#EDEE60#EDEE60

#EDEE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.162 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE60
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -17.82, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 68.99, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0542 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.6129, 79.9999, 22.9439)
Luminance	0.8000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE60 #6160EE

analogous

#EEA860 #EDEE60 #A6EE60

triadic

#EDEE60 #60EDEE #EE60ED

tetradic

#EDEE60 #60EEA8 #6160EE #EE60A6

square

#EDEE60 #60EEA8 #6160EE #EE60A6

split-complementary

#EDEE60 #60A6EE #A860EE

monochromatic

#BEBF14 #E7E829 #EDEE60 #F3F497 #FAFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDEE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EDEE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE60

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE60	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f393',
    500: '#edee60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee60;
$custom-light: #f6f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92217,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE60

secondary

#3635BD

accent

#08DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE60

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

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