#EDE299#EDE299

#EDE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.093 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE299
RGB	rgb(237, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -6.76, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 37.69, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0173 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.093 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.8721, 74.6989, 40.9738)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE299 #99A4ED

analogous

#EDB899 #EDE299 #CEED99

triadic

#EDE299 #99EDE2 #E299ED

tetradic

#EDE299 #99EDB8 #99A4ED #ED99CE

square

#EDE299 #99EDB8 #99A4ED #ED99CE

split-complementary

#EDE299 #99CEED #B899ED

monochromatic

#DBC431 #E4D365 #EDE299 #F6F1CD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EDE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#EDE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE299

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE299	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.093 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb8',
    500: '#ede299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede299;
$custom-light: #f4ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90499,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE299

secondary

#616FC9

accent

#2CD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE299

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

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