#EDE5AA#EDE5AA

#EDE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.076 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE5AA
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -6.21, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 30.46, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0149 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.076 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.2005, 76.9469, 49.1766)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE5AA #AAB2ED

analogous

#EDC4AA #EDE5AA #D4EDAA

triadic

#EDE5AA #AAEDE5 #E5AAED

tetradic

#EDE5AA #AAEDC4 #AAB2ED #EDAAD4

square

#EDE5AA #AAEDC4 #AAB2ED #EDAAD4

split-complementary

#EDE5AA #AAD4ED #C4AAED

monochromatic

#D8C645 #E2D677 #EDE5AA #F8F4DD #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EDE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE5AA

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE5AA	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.076 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edc3',
    500: '#ede5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede5aa;
$custom-light: #f3edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91418,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE5AA

secondary

#717CCA

accent

#2ECD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE5AA

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

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