#EDEE8A#EDEE8A

#EDEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.123 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE8A
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -14.34, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 50.25, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0402 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.123 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.0882, 80.9900, 35.9803)
Luminance	0.8099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE8A #8B8AEE

analogous

#EEBD8A #EDEE8A #BBEE8A

triadic

#EDEE8A #8AEDEE #EE8AED

tetradic

#EDEE8A #8AEEBD #8B8AEE #EE8ABB

square

#EDEE8A #8AEEBD #8B8AEE #EE8ABB

split-complementary

#EDEE8A #8ABBEE #BD8AEE

monochromatic

#DCDD20 #E5E655 #EDEE8A #F5F6BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDEE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#EDEE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE8A

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE8A	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.123 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3ae',
    500: '#edee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee8a;
$custom-light: #f4f3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92712,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE8A

secondary

#5453C9

accent

#0FD711

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE8A

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

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