#EDF859#EDF859

#EDF859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.177 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDF859
RGB	rgb(237, 248, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -23.06, 72.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 75.76, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.0696 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.177 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.2975, 85.8620, 22.3191)
Luminance	0.8586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDF859 #6459F8

analogous

#F8B359 #EDF859 #9DF859

triadic

#EDF859 #59EDF8 #F859ED

tetradic

#EDF859 #59F8B3 #6459F8 #F8599D

square

#EDF859 #59F8B3 #6459F8 #F8599D

split-complementary

#EDF859 #599DF8 #B359F8

monochromatic

#C0CE09 #E7F61E #EDF859 #F3FA94 #FAFDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#EDF859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#EDF859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDF859

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDF859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDF859	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCEAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edf859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 248, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.177 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6fa8f',
    500: '#edf859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edf859;
$custom-light: #f6fa8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edf859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.151,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94252,
    "c": 0.17733,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDF859

secondary

#372CC9

accent

#00E610

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDF859

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

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