#EDEF79#EDEF79

#EDEF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.141 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF79
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.18, -16.41, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.18, 58.59, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0476 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.141 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2443, 81.1196, 30.0955)
Luminance	0.8112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF79 #7B79EF

analogous

#EFB679 #EDEF79 #B2EF79

triadic

#EDEF79 #79EDEF #EF79ED

tetradic

#EDEF79 #79EFB6 #7B79EF #EF79B2

square

#EDEF79 #79EFB6 #7B79EF #EF79B2

split-complementary

#EDEF79 #79B2EF #B679EF

monochromatic

#D1D419 #E6E842 #EDEF79 #F4F6B0 #FBFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EDEF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#EDEF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF79

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF79	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.141 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4a2',
    500: '#edef79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef79;
$custom-light: #f5f4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92692,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF79

secondary

#4644C9

accent

#0BDB0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF79

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

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