#EDEE79#EDEE79

#EDEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEE79
RGB	rgb(237, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -15.92, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 58.16, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0462 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.9523, 80.5357, 29.9981)
Luminance	0.8053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEE79 #7A79EE

analogous

#EEB479 #EDEE79 #B2EE79

triadic

#EDEE79 #79EDEE #EE79ED

tetradic

#EDEE79 #79EEB4 #7A79EE #EE79B2

square

#EDEE79 #79EEB4 #7A79EE #EE79B2

split-complementary

#EDEE79 #79B2EE #B479EE

monochromatic

#D0D21B #E6E743 #EDEE79 #F4F5AF #FBFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EDEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEE79

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEE79	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3a2',
    500: '#edee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edee79;
$custom-light: #f5f3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92485,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEE79

secondary

#4544C7

accent

#0CDA0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEE79

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

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