#EDE596#EDE596

#EDE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.100 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE596
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -8.61, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 40.45, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0228 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.1 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.4504, 76.2468, 39.9595)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE596 #969EED

analogous

#EDB996 #EDE596 #C9ED96

triadic

#EDE596 #96EDE5 #E596ED

tetradic

#EDE596 #96EDB9 #969EED #ED96C9

square

#EDE596 #96EDB9 #969EED #ED96C9

split-complementary

#EDE596 #96C9ED #B996ED

monochromatic

#DBCB2E #E4D862 #EDE596 #F6F2CA #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#EDE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE596

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE596	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.100 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb6',
    500: '#ede596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede596;
$custom-light: #f4edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91056,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE596

secondary

#5E68C9

accent

#24D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE596

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

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