#EDEF55#EDEF55

#EDEF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.171 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF55
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -18.98, 71.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 73.72, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0586 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.171 110)
XYZ	xyz(67.4334, 80.3952, 20.5582)
Luminance	0.8039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF55 #5755EF

analogous

#EFA455 #EDEF55 #A0EF55

triadic

#EDEF55 #55EDEF #EF55ED

tetradic

#EDEF55 #55EFA4 #5755EF #EF55A0

square

#EDEF55 #55EFA4 #5755EF #EF55A0

split-complementary

#EDEF55 #55A0EF #A455EF

monochromatic

#B6B811 #E7EA1D #EDEF55 #F3F48D #F9FAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#EDEF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF55

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF55	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.171 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f48c',
    500: '#edef55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef55;
$custom-light: #f6f48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92331,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.80393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF55

secondary

#3331B7

accent

#06DF09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF55

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

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