#EDE196#EDE196

#EDE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.096 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE196
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -6.60, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 38.76, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.017 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.096 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.3564, 74.0588, 39.5949)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE196 #96A2ED

analogous

#EDB596 #EDE196 #CDED96

triadic

#EDE196 #96EDE1 #E196ED

tetradic

#EDE196 #96EDB5 #96A2ED #ED96CD

square

#EDE196 #96EDB5 #96A2ED #ED96CD

split-complementary

#EDE196 #96CDED #B596ED

monochromatic

#DBC32E #E4D262 #EDE196 #F6F0CA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EDE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE196

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE196	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.096 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eab5',
    500: '#ede196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede196;
$custom-light: #f4eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90245,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE196

secondary

#5E6DC9

accent

#2DD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE196

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

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