#EDDE9E#EDDE9E

#EDDE9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.083 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE9E
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -4.15, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 33.56, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0095 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.083 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.2188, 72.7175, 42.8361)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE9E #9EADED

analogous

#EDB79E #EDDE9E #D4ED9E

triadic

#EDDE9E #9EEDDE #DE9EED

tetradic

#EDDE9E #9EEDB7 #9EADED #ED9ED4

square

#EDDE9E #9EEDB7 #9EADED #ED9ED4

split-complementary

#EDDE9E #9ED4ED #B79EED

monochromatic

#DABB37 #E3CC6A #EDDE9E #F7F0D2 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDDE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EDDE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE9E

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE9E	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.083 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8bb',
    500: '#edde9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde9e;
$custom-light: #f4e8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89783,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE9E

secondary

#6679C9

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE9E

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

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