#EDF708

sRGB · 237 / 247 / 8

#EDF708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 247 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 62.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 93.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.91:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 247, 8
HSL: 62.51°, 93.73%, 50.00%
HSV / HSB: 62.51°, 96.76%, 96.86%
CMYK (approx.): 4.05%, 0.00%, 96.76%, 3.14%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.227, 84.544, 12.954
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.686, -25.094, 90.754
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84544
24-bit decimal: 15595272

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EDF708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 17.91:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#1208F7 sits half a turn (180°) from #EDF708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EDF708 #1208F7

Analogous

#F78A08 and #76F708 sit 30° to either side of #EDF708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#F78A08 #EDF708 #76F708

Triadic

#EDF708, #08EDF7 and #F708ED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDF708 #08EDF7 #F708ED

Split complementary

Start at #EDF708 and look across the wheel. #0876F7 and #8908F7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDF708 #0876F7 #8908F7

Square

Starting with #EDF708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08F789, #1208F7, then #F70876. Across the square, #EDF708 pairs with #1208F7, and #08F789 with #F70876.

#EDF708 #08F789 #1208F7 #F70876

Tetradic

#EDF708 and #1208F7 are opposites, as are #08F712 and #F708ED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDF708 #08F712 #1208F7 #F708ED

Tints

Mixing #EDF708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F939, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDF708 #F1F939 #F4FA6B #F8FC9C #FBFDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDF708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEC606, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F3102, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDF708 #BEC606 #8E9405 #5F6303 #2F3102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDF708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7DF20, keeps 80% of the original. By #969868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDF708 #D7DF20 #C1C738 #ACB050 #969868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EDF708

RGB

rgb(237 247 8)

HSL

hsl(62.510 93.725% 50.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EDF708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDF708 uses 237 red, 247 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 96.9%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDF708 is 4.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 96.8% yellow and 3.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 96.8%

Black 3.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEFF00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EF0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EDF708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EEFF00 Nearest web-safe · #FFFF00

Gradient to complement

#EDF708 #C9CF30 #A4A758 #808080 #5B58A7 #3730CF #1208F7

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDF708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFEB00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEF32

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FEE7D2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFEF00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFF126

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F2F286

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EDEDED

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#EDF2AE

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.84687 G 0.93011 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.93653 G 0.96736 B 0.32090

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.86165 G 0.92735 B 0.08402

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.412 y 0.510 Y 84.544

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.059 M % 3.137 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101101 11110111 00001000