#EDE595#EDE595

#EDE595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.101 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE595
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -8.72, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 40.94, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0232 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.101 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.3702, 76.2148, 39.5373)
Luminance	0.7621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE595 #959DED

analogous

#EDB995 #EDE595 #C9ED95

triadic

#EDE595 #95EDE5 #E595ED

tetradic

#EDE595 #95EDB9 #959DED #ED95C9

square

#EDE595 #95EDB9 #959DED #ED95C9

split-complementary

#EDE595 #95C9ED #B995ED

monochromatic

#DBCB2C #E4D861 #EDE595 #F6F2C9 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#EDE595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE595

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE595	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.101 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb5',
    500: '#ede595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede595;
$custom-light: #f4edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9104,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE595

secondary

#5D67C9

accent

#24D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE595

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

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