#EDE09D#EDE09D

#EDE09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.087 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE09D
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -5.28, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 34.87, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0128 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.087 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.6674, 73.7519, 42.5628)
Luminance	0.7375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE09D #9DAAED

analogous

#EDB89D #EDE09D #D2ED9D

triadic

#EDE09D #9DEDE0 #E09DED

tetradic

#EDE09D #9DEDB8 #9DAAED #ED9DD2

square

#EDE09D #9DEDB8 #9DAAED #ED9DD2

split-complementary

#EDE09D #9DD2ED #B89DED

monochromatic

#DABF36 #E4D069 #EDE09D #F6F0D1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#EDE09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE09D

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE09D	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.087 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9ba',
    500: '#ede09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede09d;
$custom-light: #f4e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90167,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE09D

secondary

#6575C9

accent

#33D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE09D

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

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