#EDE685#EDE685

#EDE685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.119 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE685
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -10.88, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 49.14, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0307 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.119 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.4569, 76.2934, 33.3584)
Luminance	0.7629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE685 #858CED

analogous

#EDB285 #EDE685 #C0ED85

triadic

#EDE685 #85EDE6 #E685ED

tetradic

#EDE685 #85EDB2 #858CED #ED85C0

square

#EDE685 #85EDB2 #858CED #ED85C0

split-complementary

#EDE685 #85C0ED #B285ED

monochromatic

#D8CB20 #E5DB50 #EDE685 #F5F1BA #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EDE685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE685

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE685	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.119 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edaa',
    500: '#ede685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede685;
$custom-light: #f4edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90997,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE685

secondary

#4F57C7

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE685

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

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