#EDEB79#EDEB79

#EDEB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.137 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEB79
RGB	rgb(237, 235, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -14.45, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 56.88, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.042 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.137 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.0862, 78.8034, 29.7094)
Luminance	0.7880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEB79 #797BED

analogous

#EDB179 #EDEB79 #B5ED79

triadic

#EDEB79 #79EDEB #EB79ED

tetradic

#EDEB79 #79EDB1 #797BED #ED79B5

square

#EDEB79 #79EDB1 #797BED #ED79B5

split-complementary

#EDEB79 #79B5ED #B179ED

monochromatic

#D0CD1C #E6E343 #EDEB79 #F4F3AF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDEB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EDEB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEB79

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEB79	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edeb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 235, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.137 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1a2',
    500: '#edeb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edeb79;
$custom-light: #f5f1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edeb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91864,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEB79

secondary

#4446C6

accent

#10D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEB79

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

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