#EDE696#EDE696

#EDE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.101 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE696
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -9.11, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 40.88, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0242 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.101 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7279, 76.8018, 40.0520)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE696 #969DED

analogous

#EDBA96 #EDE696 #C8ED96

triadic

#EDE696 #96EDE6 #E696ED

tetradic

#EDE696 #96EDBA #969DED #ED96C8

square

#EDE696 #96EDBA #969DED #ED96C8

split-complementary

#EDE696 #96C8ED #BA96ED

monochromatic

#DBCD2E #E4DA62 #EDE696 #F6F2CA #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EDE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE696

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE696	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.101 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb6',
    500: '#ede696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede696;
$custom-light: #f4edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9126,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE696

secondary

#5E67C9

accent

#22D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE696

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

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