#EDDE96#EDDE96

#EDDE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.093 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE96
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -5.08, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 37.54, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0126 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.093 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.5525, 72.4510, 39.3269)
Luminance	0.7245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE96 #96A5ED

analogous

#EDB296 #EDDE96 #D0ED96

triadic

#EDDE96 #96EDDE #DE96ED

tetradic

#EDDE96 #96EDB2 #96A5ED #ED96D0

square

#EDDE96 #96EDB2 #96A5ED #ED96D0

split-complementary

#EDDE96 #96D0ED #B296ED

monochromatic

#DBBD2E #E4CE62 #EDDE96 #F6EECA #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#EDDE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE96

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE96	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.093 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b5',
    500: '#edde96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde96;
$custom-light: #f4e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8964,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE96

secondary

#5E71C9

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE96

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

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