#EDDE99#EDDE99

#EDDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.089 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE99
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -4.74, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 36.05, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0115 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.089 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7971, 72.5489, 40.6155)
Luminance	0.7255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE99 #99A8ED

analogous

#EDB499 #EDDE99 #D2ED99

triadic

#EDDE99 #99EDDE #DE99ED

tetradic

#EDDE99 #99EDB4 #99A8ED #ED99D2

square

#EDDE99 #99EDB4 #99A8ED #ED99D2

split-complementary

#EDDE99 #99D2ED #B499ED

monochromatic

#DBBC31 #E4CD65 #EDDE99 #F6EFCD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EDDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE99

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE99	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.089 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b7',
    500: '#edde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde99;
$custom-light: #f4e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89693,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE99

secondary

#6174C9

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE99

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

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