#EDEF99#EDEF99

#EDEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.108 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEF99
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.59, -13.24, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.59, 43.48, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(93.15% -0.0359 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(93.15% 0.108 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5420, 82.0387, 42.1971)
Luminance	0.8204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEF99 #9B99EF

analogous

#EFC699 #EDEF99 #C2EF99

triadic

#EDEF99 #99EDEF #EF99ED

tetradic

#EDEF99 #99EFC6 #9B99EF #EF99C2

square

#EDEF99 #99EFC6 #9B99EF #EF99C2

split-complementary

#EDEF99 #99C2EF #C699EF

monochromatic

#DADE2F #E4E764 #EDEF99 #F6F7CE #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EDEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#EDEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEF99

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEF99	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.108 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f4b8',
    500: '#edef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edef99;
$custom-light: #f4f4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93149,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEF99

secondary

#6361CC

accent

#11D515

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEF99

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

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