#EDE08E#EDE08E

#EDE08E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.104 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE08E
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -6.96, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 42.29, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0186 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.104 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4645, 73.2708, 36.2275)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE08E #8E9BED

analogous

#EDB18E #EDE08E #CBED8E

triadic

#EDE08E #8EEDE0 #E08EED

tetradic

#EDE08E #8EEDB1 #8E9BED #ED8ECB

square

#EDE08E #8EEDB1 #8E9BED #ED8ECB

split-complementary

#EDE08E #8ECBED #B18EED

monochromatic

#DCC324 #E5D259 #EDE08E #F5EEC3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EDE08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EDE08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE08E

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE08E	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)

#EEDB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.104 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9b0',
    500: '#ede08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede08e;
$custom-light: #f4e9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.789,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89911,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE08E

secondary

#5767C8

accent

#2CD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE08E

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

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