#EDE296#EDE296

#EDE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE296
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -7.10, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 39.17, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0185 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(67.6275, 74.6010, 39.6852)
Luminance	0.7460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE296 #96A1ED

analogous

#EDB696 #EDE296 #CCED96

triadic

#EDE296 #96EDE2 #E296ED

tetradic

#EDE296 #96EDB6 #96A1ED #ED96CC

square

#EDE296 #96EDB6 #96A1ED #ED96CC

split-complementary

#EDE296 #96CCED #B696ED

monochromatic

#DBC52E #E4D462 #EDE296 #F6F0CA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#EDE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE296

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE296	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb5',
    500: '#ede296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede296;
$custom-light: #f4ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90448,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.74599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE296

secondary

#5E6CC9

accent

#2BD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE296

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

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