#EDE5CD#EDE5CD

#EDE5CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.033 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE5CD
RGB	rgb(237, 229, 205)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(45, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 13.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -1.25, 12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 12.74, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.001 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.033 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.9629, 78.4518, 68.9921)
Luminance	0.7845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE5CD #CDD5ED

analogous

#EDD5CD #EDE5CD #E5EDCD

triadic

#EDE5CD #CDEDE5 #E5CDED

tetradic

#EDE5CD #CDEDD5 #CDD5ED #EDCDE5

square

#EDE5CD #CDEDD5 #CDD5ED #EDCDE5

split-complementary

#EDE5CD #CDE5ED #D5CDED

monochromatic

#CDB673 #DDCEA0 #EDE5CD #F7F3E8 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EDE5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE5CD

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE5CD	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBE4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 229, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.033 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eddc',
    500: '#ede5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede5cd;
$custom-light: #f3eddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92188,
    "c": 0.03296,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE5CD

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#4FBA2B

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#171615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE5CD

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

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