#EDE495#EDE495

#EDE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.100 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE495
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -8.22, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 40.51, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0218 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.1 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0943, 75.6630, 39.4453)
Luminance	0.7566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE495 #959EED

analogous

#EDB895 #EDE495 #CAED95

triadic

#EDE495 #95EDE4 #E495ED

tetradic

#EDE495 #95EDB8 #959EED #ED95CA

square

#EDE495 #95EDB8 #959EED #ED95CA

split-complementary

#EDE495 #95CAED #B895ED

monochromatic

#DBC92C #E4D761 #EDE495 #F6F1C9 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#EDE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE495

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE495	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)

#F2DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.100 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb5',
    500: '#ede495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede495;
$custom-light: #f4ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.864,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90836,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE495

secondary

#5D68C9

accent

#26D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE495

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

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