#EDDE95#EDDE95

#EDDE95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.094 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE95
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -5.19, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 38.04, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.013 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.094 98)
XYZ	xyz(66.4723, 72.4189, 38.9046)
Luminance	0.7242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE95 #95A4ED

analogous

#EDB295 #EDDE95 #D0ED95

triadic

#EDDE95 #95EDDE #DE95ED

tetradic

#EDDE95 #95EDB2 #95A4ED #ED95D0

square

#EDDE95 #95EDB2 #95A4ED #ED95D0

split-complementary

#EDDE95 #95D0ED #B295ED

monochromatic

#DBBD2C #E4CE61 #EDDE95 #F6EEC9 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#EDDE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE95

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE95	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.094 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b5',
    500: '#edde95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde95;
$custom-light: #f4e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.72417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE95

secondary

#5D70C9

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE95

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

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