#EDE68E#EDE68E

#EDE68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.110 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE68E
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -9.97, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 44.80, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0273 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.11 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.1055, 76.5529, 36.7745)
Luminance	0.7655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE68E #8E95ED

analogous

#EDB78E #EDE68E #C5ED8E

triadic

#EDE68E #8EEDE6 #E68EED

tetradic

#EDE68E #8EEDB7 #8E95ED #ED8EC5

square

#EDE68E #8EEDB7 #8E95ED #ED8EC5

split-complementary

#EDE68E #8EC5ED #B78EED

monochromatic

#DCCF24 #E5DA59 #EDE68E #F5F2C3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EDE68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#EDE68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE68E

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE68E	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.110 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb0',
    500: '#ede68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede68e;
$custom-light: #f4edb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91131,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE68E

secondary

#575FC8

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE68E

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

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