#EDDE90#EDDE90

#EDDE90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.099 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE90
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 39.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -5.74, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 40.51, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.015 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.099 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0817, 72.2627, 36.8473)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE90 #909FED

analogous

#EDB090 #EDDE90 #CDED90

triadic

#EDDE90 #90EDDE #DE90ED

tetradic

#EDDE90 #90EDB0 #909FED #ED90CD

square

#EDDE90 #90EDB0 #909FED #ED90CD

split-complementary

#EDDE90 #90CDED #B090ED

monochromatic

#DCBF27 #E4CE5B #EDDE90 #F6EEC5 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#EDDE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE90

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE90	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.099 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b1',
    500: '#edde90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde90;
$custom-light: #f4e8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89539,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE90

secondary

#596BC8

accent

#31D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE90

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

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