#EDEF8B#EDEF8B

#EDEF8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.123 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF8B
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -14.73, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 50.22, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0412 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.123 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4529, 81.6030, 36.4607)
Luminance	0.8160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF8B #8D8BEF

analogous

#EFBF8B #EDEF8B #BBEF8B

triadic

#EDEF8B #8BEDEF #EF8BED

tetradic

#EDEF8B #8BEFBF #8D8BEF #EF8BBB

square

#EDEF8B #8BEFBF #8D8BEF #EF8BBB

split-complementary

#EDEF8B #8BBBEF #BF8BEF

monochromatic

#DCE01F #E5E855 #EDEF8B #F5F6C1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDEF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#EDEF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF8B

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF8B	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.123 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f4ae',
    500: '#edef8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef8b;
$custom-light: #f4f4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92933,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF8B

secondary

#5654CA

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF8B

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

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