#EDE397#EDE397

#EDE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE397
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -7.49, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 39.10, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0195 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.9811, 75.1788, 40.2020)
Luminance	0.7518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE397 #97A1ED

analogous

#EDB897 #EDE397 #CCED97

triadic

#EDE397 #97EDE3 #E397ED

tetradic

#EDE397 #97EDB8 #97A1ED #ED97CC

square

#EDE397 #97EDB8 #97A1ED #ED97CC

split-complementary

#EDE397 #97CCED #B897ED

monochromatic

#DBC72F #E4D563 #EDE397 #F6F1CB #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EDE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EDE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE397

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE397	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb6',
    500: '#ede397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede397;
$custom-light: #f4ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90667,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE397

secondary

#5F6CC9

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE397

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

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