#EDE08B#EDE08B

#EDE08B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.107 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE08B
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 41.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -7.27, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 43.76, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0198 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.107 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2423, 73.1819, 35.0572)
Luminance	0.7318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE08B #8B98ED

analogous

#EDAF8B #EDE08B #C9ED8B

triadic

#EDE08B #8BEDE0 #E08BED

tetradic

#EDE08B #8BEDAF #8B98ED #ED8BC9

square

#EDE08B #8BEDAF #8B98ED #ED8BC9

split-complementary

#EDE08B #8BC9ED #AF8BED

monochromatic

#DCC322 #E5D256 #EDE08B #F5EEC0 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#EDE08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE08B

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE08B	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.107 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9ae',
    500: '#ede08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede08b;
$custom-light: #f4e9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89864,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE08B

secondary

#5464C8

accent

#2AD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE08B

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

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