#EDE4AA#EDE4AA

#EDE4AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.075 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE4AA
RGB	rgb(237, 228, 170)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -5.71, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 30.03, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0135 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.075 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.9246, 76.3951, 49.0846)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE4AA #AAB3ED

analogous

#EDC2AA #EDE4AA #D5EDAA

triadic

#EDE4AA #AAEDE4 #E4AAED

tetradic

#EDE4AA #AAEDC2 #AAB3ED #EDAAD5

square

#EDE4AA #AAEDC2 #AAB3ED #EDAAD5

split-complementary

#EDE4AA #AAD5ED #C2AAED

monochromatic

#D8C445 #E2D477 #EDE4AA #F8F4DD #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#EDE4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE4AA

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE4AA	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 228, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.075 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecc3',
    500: '#ede4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede4aa;
$custom-light: #f3ecc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91217,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE4AA

secondary

#717DCA

accent

#31CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE4AA

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

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