#EDF256#EDF256

#EDF256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.173 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDF256
RGB	rgb(237, 242, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.66, -20.36, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.66, 74.50, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0624 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.173 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.3590, 82.1824, 21.0641)
Luminance	0.8218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDF256 #5B56F2

analogous

#F2A956 #EDF256 #9FF256

triadic

#EDF256 #56EDF2 #F256ED

tetradic

#EDF256 #56F2A9 #5B56F2 #F2569F

square

#EDF256 #56F2A9 #5B56F2 #F2569F

split-complementary

#EDF256 #569FF2 #A956F2

monochromatic

#B9BF0F #E7EE1D #EDF256 #F3F68F #F9FBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EDF256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#EDF256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDF256

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDF256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDF256	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edf256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 242, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.173 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f68d',
    500: '#edf256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edf256;
$custom-light: #f6f68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edf256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.923,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92967,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDF256

secondary

#342FBD

accent

#03E20A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDF256

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

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