#EDE494#EDE494

#EDE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.101 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE494
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 37.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -8.33, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 41.01, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0221 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.101 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0148, 75.6312, 39.0267)
Luminance	0.7563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE494 #949DED

analogous

#EDB894 #EDE494 #C9ED94

triadic

#EDE494 #94EDE4 #E494ED

tetradic

#EDE494 #94EDB8 #949DED #ED94C9

square

#EDE494 #94EDB8 #949DED #ED94C9

split-complementary

#EDE494 #94C9ED #B894ED

monochromatic

#DBCA2B #E4D760 #EDE494 #F6F1C8 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#EDE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE494

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE494	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.101 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb4',
    500: '#ede494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede494;
$custom-light: #f4ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 71.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9082,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE494

secondary

#5D67C9

accent

#26D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE494

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

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