#EDDE8D#EDDE8D

#EDDE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.103 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE8D
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -6.06, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 41.98, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0161 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.103 99)
XYZ	xyz(65.8554, 72.1722, 35.6557)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE8D #8D9CED

analogous

#EDAE8D #EDDE8D #CCED8D

triadic

#EDDE8D #8DEDDE #DE8DED

tetradic

#EDDE8D #8DEDAE #8D9CED #ED8DCC

square

#EDDE8D #8DEDAE #8D9CED #ED8DCC

split-complementary

#EDDE8D #8DCCED #AE8DED

monochromatic

#DCBF23 #E5CF58 #EDDE8D #F5EDC2 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#EDDE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE8D

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE8D	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.103 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8af',
    500: '#edde8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde8d;
$custom-light: #f4e8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89491,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.7217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE8D

secondary

#5668C8

accent

#2FD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE8D

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

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