#EDE199#EDE199

#EDE199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.092 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE199
RGB	rgb(237, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -6.26, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 37.27, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0158 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.092 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6010, 74.1566, 40.8834)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE199 #99A5ED

analogous

#EDB799 #EDE199 #CFED99

triadic

#EDE199 #99EDE1 #E199ED

tetradic

#EDE199 #99EDB7 #99A5ED #ED99CF

square

#EDE199 #99EDB7 #99A5ED #ED99CF

split-complementary

#EDE199 #99CFED #B799ED

monochromatic

#DBC231 #E4D265 #EDE199 #F6F0CD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EDE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EDE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE199

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE199	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.092 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eab7',
    500: '#ede199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede199;
$custom-light: #f4eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90297,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE199

secondary

#6170C9

accent

#2FD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE199

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

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