#EDEF57#EDEF57

#EDEF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.169 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF57
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.88, -18.86, 70.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.88, 72.95, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.058 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.169 110)
XYZ	xyz(67.5140, 80.4275, 20.9826)
Luminance	0.8043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF57 #5957EF

analogous

#EFA557 #EDEF57 #A1EF57

triadic

#EDEF57 #57EDEF #EF57ED

tetradic

#EDEF57 #57EFA5 #5957EF #EF57A1

square

#EDEF57 #57EFA5 #5957EF #EF57A1

split-complementary

#EDEF57 #57A1EF #A557EF

monochromatic

#B8BA12 #E7EA1F #EDEF57 #F3F48F #F9FAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#EDEF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF57

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF57	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.169 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f48e',
    500: '#edef57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef57;
$custom-light: #f6f48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92347,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.80426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF57

secondary

#3331B9

accent

#06DF09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF57

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

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