#EDE697#EDE697

#EDE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.100 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE697
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -9.00, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 40.39, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0239 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.1 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8087, 76.8341, 40.4779)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE697 #979EED

analogous

#EDBB97 #EDE697 #C9ED97

triadic

#EDE697 #97EDE6 #E697ED

tetradic

#EDE697 #97EDBB #979EED #ED97C9

square

#EDE697 #97EDBB #979EED #ED97C9

split-complementary

#EDE697 #97C9ED #BB97ED

monochromatic

#DBCD2F #E4D963 #EDE697 #F6F3CB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EDE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE697

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE697	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.100 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb6',
    500: '#ede697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede697;
$custom-light: #f4edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91276,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE697

secondary

#5F68C9

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE697

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

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