#EDE396#EDE396

#EDE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE396
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -7.60, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 39.59, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0199 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.9002, 75.1464, 39.7762)
Luminance	0.7514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE396 #96A0ED

analogous

#EDB796 #EDE396 #CBED96

triadic

#EDE396 #96EDE3 #E396ED

tetradic

#EDE396 #96EDB7 #96A0ED #ED96CB

square

#EDE396 #96EDB7 #96A0ED #ED96CB

split-complementary

#EDE396 #96CBED #B796ED

monochromatic

#DBC72E #E4D562 #EDE396 #F6F1CA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EDE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE396

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE396	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb5',
    500: '#ede396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede396;
$custom-light: #f4ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9065,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE396

secondary

#5E6BC9

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE396

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

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