#EDEF8A#EDEF8A

#EDEF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.124 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF8A
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.39, -14.83, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.39, 50.70, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.92% -0.0416 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(92.92% 0.124 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.3801, 81.5739, 36.0777)
Luminance	0.8157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF8A #8C8AEF

analogous

#EFBF8A #EDEF8A #BBEF8A

triadic

#EDEF8A #8AEDEF #EF8AED

tetradic

#EDEF8A #8AEFBF #8C8AEF #EF8ABB

square

#EDEF8A #8AEFBF #8C8AEF #EF8ABB

split-complementary

#EDEF8A #8ABBEF #BF8AEF

monochromatic

#DCE01F #E5E854 #EDEF8A #F5F6C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDEF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#EDEF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF8A

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF8A	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.124 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f4ae',
    500: '#edef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef8a;
$custom-light: #f4f4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92918,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF8A

secondary

#5553CA

accent

#0DD811

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF8A

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

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