#EDE69B#EDE69B

#EDE69B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.095 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE69B
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 34.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -8.54, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 38.41, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0223 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.095 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.1391, 76.9663, 42.2179)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE69B #9BA2ED

analogous

#EDBD9B #EDE69B #CBED9B

triadic

#EDE69B #9BEDE6 #E69BED

tetradic

#EDE69B #9BEDBD #9BA2ED #ED9BCB

square

#EDE69B #9BEDBD #9BA2ED #ED9BCB

split-complementary

#EDE69B #9BCBED #BD9BED

monochromatic

#DACC33 #E4D967 #EDE69B #F6F3CF #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EDE69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE69B

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE69B	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)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.095 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb9',
    500: '#ede69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede69b;
$custom-light: #f4edb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91344,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE69B

secondary

#636CC9

accent

#24D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE69B

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

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