#EDF799#EDF799

#EDF799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.868; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.118 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDF799
RGB	rgb(237, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 85%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(66, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 38.1%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.66, -17.16, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.66, 47.30, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(94.8% -0.0471 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(94.8% 0.118 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.9361, 86.8269, 42.9951)
Luminance	0.8683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDF799 #A399F7

analogous

#F7D299 #EDF799 #BEF799

triadic

#EDF799 #99EDF7 #F799ED

tetradic

#EDF799 #99F7D2 #A399F7 #F799BE

square

#EDF799 #99F7D2 #A399F7 #F799BE

split-complementary

#EDF799 #99BEF7 #D299F7

monochromatic

#D9EE27 #E3F360 #EDF799 #F7FBD2 #FAFDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#EDF799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.37

#EDF799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDF799

18.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDF799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDF799	1.00	1.14	18.37	18.37
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8EDE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edf799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.118 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f9b8',
    500: '#edf799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edf799;
$custom-light: #f4f9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edf799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 85.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94798,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.86826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDF799

secondary

#6B5ED6

accent

#04E21B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDF799

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

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