#EDE699#EDE699

#EDE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE699
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -8.77, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 39.40, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0231 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.9725, 76.8997, 41.3406)
Luminance	0.7690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE699 #99A0ED

analogous

#EDBC99 #EDE699 #CAED99

triadic

#EDE699 #99EDE6 #E699ED

tetradic

#EDE699 #99EDBC #99A0ED #ED99CA

square

#EDE699 #99EDBC #99A0ED #ED99CA

split-complementary

#EDE699 #99CAED #BC99ED

monochromatic

#DBCD31 #E4D965 #EDE699 #F6F3CD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EDE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE699

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE699	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb8',
    500: '#ede699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede699;
$custom-light: #f4edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9131,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE699

secondary

#616AC9

accent

#23D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE699

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

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