#EDE779#EDE779

#EDE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE779
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -12.48, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 55.21, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0364 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9538, 76.5387, 29.3320)
Luminance	0.7654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE779 #797FED

analogous

#EDAD79 #EDE779 #B9ED79

triadic

#EDE779 #79EDE7 #E779ED

tetradic

#EDE779 #79EDAD #797FED #ED79B9

square

#EDE779 #79EDAD #797FED #ED79B9

split-complementary

#EDE779 #79B9ED #AD79ED

monochromatic

#D0C61C #E6DD43 #EDE779 #F4F1AF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#EDE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE779

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE779	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eea2',
    500: '#ede779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede779;
$custom-light: #f5eea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9104,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE779

secondary

#444BC6

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE779

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

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