#EDE09E#EDE09E

#EDE09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.085 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE09E
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -5.17, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 34.37, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0124 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.085 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.7531, 73.7862, 43.0142)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE09E #9EABED

analogous

#EDB99E #EDE09E #D2ED9E

triadic

#EDE09E #9EEDE0 #E09EED

tetradic

#EDE09E #9EEDB9 #9EABED #ED9ED2

square

#EDE09E #9EEDB9 #9EABED #ED9ED2

split-complementary

#EDE09E #9ED2ED #B99EED

monochromatic

#DABF37 #E3D06A #EDE09E #F7F0D2 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EDE09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE09E

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE09E	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.085 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9bb',
    500: '#ede09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede09e;
$custom-light: #f4e9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90185,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE09E

secondary

#6676C9

accent

#34D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE09E

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

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