#EDDE9F#EDDE9F

#EDDE9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.082 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE9F
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 159)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 32.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -4.03, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 33.06, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0091 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.082 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.3052, 72.7521, 43.2913)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE9F #9FAEED

analogous

#EDB79F #EDDE9F #D5ED9F

triadic

#EDDE9F #9FEDDE #DE9FED

tetradic

#EDDE9F #9FEDB7 #9FAEED #ED9FD5

square

#EDDE9F #9FEDB7 #9FAEED #ED9FD5

split-complementary

#EDDE9F #9FD5ED #B79FED

monochromatic

#DABB38 #E3CC6B #EDDE9F #F7F0D3 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EDDE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EDDE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE9F

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE9F	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.082 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8bc',
    500: '#edde9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde9f;
$custom-light: #f4e8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89801,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE9F

secondary

#677AC9

accent

#39D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE9F

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

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