#EDF8A5#EDF8A5

#EDF8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.879; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.105 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDF8A5
RGB	rgb(237, 248, 165)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(68, 33%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 33.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.10, -16.26, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.10, 42.00, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(95.2% -0.0438 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(95.2% 0.105 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.2842, 87.8567, 48.5821)
Luminance	0.8786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDF8A5 #B0A5F8

analogous

#F8D9A5 #EDF8A5 #C3F8A5

triadic

#EDF8A5 #A5EDF8 #F8A5ED

tetradic

#EDF8A5 #A5F8D9 #B0A5F8 #F8A5C3

square

#EDF8A5 #A5F8D9 #B0A5F8 #F8A5C3

split-complementary

#EDF8A5 #A5C3F8 #D9A5F8

monochromatic

#D6EF33 #E2F46C #EDF8A5 #F8FCDE #F9FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#EDF8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.57

#EDF8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDF8A5

18.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDF8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDF8A5	1.00	1.13	18.57	18.57
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6EFE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edf8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 248, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.105 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4fac0',
    500: '#edf8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edf8a5;
$custom-light: #f4fac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edf8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.952,
    "s": 85.567,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95203,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.87856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDF8A5

secondary

#7768D9

accent

#03E221

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF9

border

#D6D7D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDF8A5

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

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