#EDEFA5#EDEFA5

#EDEFA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.094 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDEFA5
RGB	rgb(237, 239, 165)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(62, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 31%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.78, -11.84, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.78, 37.58, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.0312 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.094 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.5834, 82.4552, 47.6818)
Luminance	0.8245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDEFA5 #A7A5EF

analogous

#EFCCA5 #EDEFA5 #C8EFA5

triadic

#EDEFA5 #A5EDEF #EFA5ED

tetradic

#EDEFA5 #A5EFCC #A7A5EF #EFA5C8

square

#EDEFA5 #A5EFCC #A7A5EF #EFA5C8

split-complementary

#EDEFA5 #A5C8EF #CCA5EF

monochromatic

#D8DD3D #E3E671 #EDEFA5 #F7F8D9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EDEFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#EDEFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDEFA5

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDEFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDEFA5	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBECA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edefa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 239, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.094 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f4c0',
    500: '#edefa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edefa5;
$custom-light: #f3f4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edefa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93354,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDEFA5

secondary

#6E6CCC

accent

#14D219

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDEFA5

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

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