#EDE08D#EDE08D

#EDE08D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE08D
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -7.07, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 42.78, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.019 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.3898, 73.2409, 35.8338)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE08D #8D9AED

analogous

#EDB08D #EDE08D #CAED8D

triadic

#EDE08D #8DEDE0 #E08DED

tetradic

#EDE08D #8DEDB0 #8D9AED #ED8DCA

square

#EDE08D #8DEDB0 #8D9AED #ED8DCA

split-complementary

#EDE08D #8DCAED #B08DED

monochromatic

#DCC323 #E5D258 #EDE08D #F5EEC2 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EDE08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE08D

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE08D	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9af',
    500: '#ede08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede08d;
$custom-light: #f4e9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89895,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE08D

secondary

#5666C8

accent

#2BD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE08D

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

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