#EDE189#EDE189

#EDE189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE189
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -7.98, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 45.14, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.022 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.3670, 73.6630, 34.3844)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE189 #8995ED

analogous

#EDAF89 #EDE189 #C7ED89

triadic

#EDE189 #89EDE1 #E189ED

tetradic

#EDE189 #89EDAF #8995ED #ED89C7

square

#EDE189 #89EDAF #8995ED #ED89C7

split-complementary

#EDE189 #89C7ED #AF89ED

monochromatic

#DAC421 #E5D354 #EDE189 #F5EEBE #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EDE189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE189

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE189	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaad',
    500: '#ede189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede189;
$custom-light: #f4eaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90036,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE189

secondary

#5261C8

accent

#28D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE189

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

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