#EDE28E#EDE28E

#EDE28E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE28E
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -7.97, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 43.11, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0215 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.0052, 74.3521, 36.4077)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE28E #8E99ED

analogous

#EDB38E #EDE28E #C8ED8E

triadic

#EDE28E #8EEDE2 #E28EED

tetradic

#EDE28E #8EEDB3 #8E99ED #ED8EC8

square

#EDE28E #8EEDB3 #8E99ED #ED8EC8

split-complementary

#EDE28E #8EC8ED #B38EED

monochromatic

#DCC724 #E5D459 #EDE28E #F5F0C3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EDE28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE28E

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE28E	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb0',
    500: '#ede28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede28e;
$custom-light: #f4ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90317,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE28E

secondary

#5764C8

accent

#28D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE28E

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

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