#EDE290#EDE290

#EDE290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE290
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 144)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 39.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -7.76, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 42.13, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0208 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.1567, 74.4127, 37.2056)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE290 #909BED

analogous

#EDB490 #EDE290 #CAED90

triadic

#EDE290 #90EDE2 #E290ED

tetradic

#EDE290 #90EDB4 #909BED #ED90CA

square

#EDE290 #90EDB4 #909BED #ED90CA

split-complementary

#EDE290 #90CAED #B490ED

monochromatic

#DCC627 #E4D45B #EDE290 #F6F0C5 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EDE290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE290

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE290	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb1',
    500: '#ede290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede290;
$custom-light: #f4ebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90349,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE290

secondary

#5966C8

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE290

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

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