#EDE49D#EDE49D

#EDE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.091 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE49D
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -7.30, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 36.55, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0186 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.091 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7551, 75.9273, 42.9253)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE49D #9DA6ED

analogous

#EDBC9D #EDE49D #CEED9D

triadic

#EDE49D #9DEDE4 #E49DED

tetradic

#EDE49D #9DEDBC #9DA6ED #ED9DCE

square

#EDE49D #9DEDBC #9DA6ED #ED9DCE

split-complementary

#EDE49D #9DCEED #BC9DED

monochromatic

#DAC836 #E4D669 #EDE49D #F6F2D1 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EDE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE49D

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE49D	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.091 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecba',
    500: '#ede49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede49d;
$custom-light: #f4ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90974,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE49D

secondary

#6570C9

accent

#2AD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE49D

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

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