#EDEA79#EDEA79

#EDEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.136 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEA79
RGB	rgb(237, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -13.96, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 56.46, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0406 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.136 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.8007, 78.2324, 29.6143)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEA79 #797CED

analogous

#EDB079 #EDEA79 #B6ED79

triadic

#EDEA79 #79EDEA #EA79ED

tetradic

#EDEA79 #79EDB0 #797CED #ED79B6

square

#EDEA79 #79EDB0 #797CED #ED79B6

split-complementary

#EDEA79 #79B6ED #B079ED

monochromatic

#D0CB1C #E6E243 #EDEA79 #F4F2AF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EDEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEA79

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEA79	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.136 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0a2',
    500: '#edea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edea79;
$custom-light: #f5f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91658,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEA79

secondary

#4447C6

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEA79

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

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