#EDE49E#EDE49E

#EDE49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE49E
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -7.19, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 36.05, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0182 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8408, 75.9616, 43.3768)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE49E #9EA7ED

analogous

#EDBD9E #EDE49E #CEED9E

triadic

#EDE49E #9EEDE4 #E49EED

tetradic

#EDE49E #9EEDBD #9EA7ED #ED9ECE

square

#EDE49E #9EEDBD #9EA7ED #ED9ECE

split-complementary

#EDE49E #9ECEED #BD9EED

monochromatic

#DAC737 #E3D66A #EDE49E #F7F2D2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EDE49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EDE49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE49E

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE49E	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)

#F1DF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecbb',
    500: '#ede49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede49e;
$custom-light: #f4ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90992,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE49E

secondary

#6671C9

accent

#2AD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE49E

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

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