#EDDE97#EDDE97

#EDDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.092 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE97
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -4.97, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 37.05, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0122 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.092 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6333, 72.4834, 39.7528)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE97 #97A6ED

analogous

#EDB397 #EDDE97 #D1ED97

triadic

#EDDE97 #97EDDE #DE97ED

tetradic

#EDDE97 #97EDB3 #97A6ED #ED97D1

square

#EDDE97 #97EDB3 #97A6ED #ED97D1

split-complementary

#EDDE97 #97D1ED #B397ED

monochromatic

#DBBD2F #E4CD63 #EDDE97 #F6EFCB #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EDDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#EDDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE97

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE97	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.092 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b6',
    500: '#edde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde97;
$custom-light: #f4e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89658,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE97

secondary

#5F72C9

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE97

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

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