#EDF179#EDF179

#EDF179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.143 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDF179
RGB	rgb(237, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 49.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.71, -17.39, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.71, 59.46, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.11% -0.0504 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(93.11% 0.143 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.8330, 82.2971, 30.2917)
Luminance	0.8230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDF179 #7D79F1

analogous

#F1B979 #EDF179 #B1F179

triadic

#EDF179 #79EDF1 #F179ED

tetradic

#EDF179 #79F1B9 #7D79F1 #F179B1

square

#EDF179 #79F1B9 #7D79F1 #F179B1

split-complementary

#EDF179 #79B1F1 #B979F1

monochromatic

#D2D917 #E6EB42 #EDF179 #F4F7B0 #FBFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EDF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#EDF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDF179

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDF179	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edf179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.143 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f5a3',
    500: '#edf179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edf179;
$custom-light: #f5f5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edf179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93108,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDF179

secondary

#4843CB

accent

#08DD0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDF179

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

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