#EDDE8A#EDDE8A

#EDDE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE8A
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -6.37, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 43.45, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0173 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.6352, 72.0841, 34.4960)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE8A #8A99ED

analogous

#EDAC8A #EDDE8A #CAED8A

triadic

#EDDE8A #8AEDDE #DE8AED

tetradic

#EDDE8A #8AEDAC #8A99ED #ED8ACA

square

#EDDE8A #8AEDAC #8A99ED #ED8ACA

split-complementary

#EDDE8A #8ACAED #AC8AED

monochromatic

#DBBF22 #E5CF55 #EDDE8A #F5EDBF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EDDE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE8A

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE8A	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8ad',
    500: '#edde8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde8a;
$custom-light: #f4e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89443,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE8A

secondary

#5365C8

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE8A

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

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