#EDEF59#EDEF59

#EDEF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.168 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF59
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.89, -18.74, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.89, 72.18, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0575 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.168 110)
XYZ	xyz(67.5968, 80.4606, 21.4189)
Luminance	0.8046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF59 #5B59EF

analogous

#EFA659 #EDEF59 #A2EF59

triadic

#EDEF59 #59EDEF #EF59ED

tetradic

#EDEF59 #59EFA6 #5B59EF #EF59A2

square

#EDEF59 #59EFA6 #5B59EF #EF59A2

split-complementary

#EDEF59 #59A2EF #A659EF

monochromatic

#B9BC12 #E7EA21 #EDEF59 #F3F491 #F9FAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDEF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#EDEF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF59

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF59	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)

#FFE545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.168 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f48f',
    500: '#edef59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef59;
$custom-light: #f6f48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92364,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.80459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF59

secondary

#3432BA

accent

#07DF0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF59

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

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