#EDE79F#EDE79F

#EDE79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.092 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE79F
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -8.57, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 36.86, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0222 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.092 104)
XYZ	xyz(69.7597, 77.6610, 44.1094)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE79F #9FA5ED

analogous

#EDC09F #EDE79F #CCED9F

triadic

#EDE79F #9FEDE7 #E79FED

tetradic

#EDE79F #9FEDC0 #9FA5ED #ED9FCC

square

#EDE79F #9FEDC0 #9FA5ED #ED9FCC

split-complementary

#EDE79F #9FCCED #C09FED

monochromatic

#DACD38 #E3DA6B #EDE79F #F7F4D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EDE79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE79F

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE79F	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.092 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eebc',
    500: '#ede79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede79f;
$custom-light: #f4eebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91618,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.7766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE79F

secondary

#676EC9

accent

#24D015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE79F

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

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