#EDDE8E#EDDE8E

#EDDE8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.102 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE8E
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -5.95, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 41.49, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0157 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.102 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9302, 72.2021, 36.0494)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE8E #8E9DED

analogous

#EDAF8E #EDDE8E #CDED8E

triadic

#EDDE8E #8EEDDE #DE8EED

tetradic

#EDDE8E #8EEDAF #8E9DED #ED8ECD

square

#EDDE8E #8EEDAF #8E9DED #ED8ECD

split-complementary

#EDDE8E #8ECDED #AF8EED

monochromatic

#DCBF24 #E5CF59 #EDDE8E #F5EDC3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EDDE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE8E

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE8E	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.102 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b0',
    500: '#edde8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde8e;
$custom-light: #f4e8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89507,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE8E

secondary

#5769C8

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE8E

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

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