#EDE09F#EDE09F

#EDE09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.084 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE09F
RGB	rgb(237, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 32.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -5.05, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 33.87, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.012 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.084 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8395, 73.8208, 43.4694)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE09F #9FACED

analogous

#EDB99F #EDE09F #D3ED9F

triadic

#EDE09F #9FEDE0 #E09FED

tetradic

#EDE09F #9FEDB9 #9FACED #ED9FD3

square

#EDE09F #9FEDB9 #9FACED #ED9FD3

split-complementary

#EDE09F #9FD3ED #B99FED

monochromatic

#DABF38 #E3CF6B #EDE09F #F7F1D3 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EDE09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE09F

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE09F	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)

#ECDC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.084 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9bc',
    500: '#ede09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede09f;
$custom-light: #f4e9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90203,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE09F

secondary

#6777C9

accent

#34D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE09F

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

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