#EDE69A#EDE69A

#EDE69A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.096 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE69A
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 154)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 35%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -8.66, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 38.90, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0227 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.096 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.0555, 76.9328, 41.7774)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE69A #9AA1ED

analogous

#EDBD9A #EDE69A #CBED9A

triadic

#EDE69A #9AEDE6 #E69AED

tetradic

#EDE69A #9AEDBD #9AA1ED #ED9ACB

square

#EDE69A #9AEDBD #9AA1ED #ED9ACB

split-complementary

#EDE69A #9ACBED #BD9AED

monochromatic

#DACC32 #E4D966 #EDE69A #F6F3CE #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EDE69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE69A

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE69A	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.096 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb8',
    500: '#ede69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede69a;
$custom-light: #f4edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91327,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE69A

secondary

#626BC9

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE69A

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

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