#EDE3AA#EDE3AA

#EDE3AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.074 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE3AA
RGB	rgb(237, 227, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -5.20, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 29.60, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.012 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.074 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6503, 75.8465, 48.9932)
Luminance	0.7584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE3AA #AAB4ED

analogous

#EDC2AA #EDE3AA #D5EDAA

triadic

#EDE3AA #AAEDE3 #E3AAED

tetradic

#EDE3AA #AAEDC2 #AAB4ED #EDAAD5

square

#EDE3AA #AAEDC2 #AAB4ED #EDAAD5

split-complementary

#EDE3AA #AAD5ED #C2AAED

monochromatic

#D8C245 #E2D277 #EDE3AA #F8F4DD #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EDE3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE3AA

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE3AA	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 227, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.074 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebc3',
    500: '#ede3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede3aa;
$custom-light: #f3ebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91015,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE3AA

secondary

#717ECA

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE3AA

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

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