#EDE69E#EDE69E

#EDE69E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.092 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE69E
RGB	rgb(237, 230, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -8.19, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 36.92, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0211 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.092 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.3942, 77.0683, 43.5612)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE69E #9EA5ED

analogous

#EDBF9E #EDE69E #CCED9E

triadic

#EDE69E #9EEDE6 #E69EED

tetradic

#EDE69E #9EEDBF #9EA5ED #ED9ECC

square

#EDE69E #9EEDBF #9EA5ED #ED9ECC

split-complementary

#EDE69E #9ECCED #BF9EED

monochromatic

#DACB37 #E3D96A #EDE69E #F7F3D2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#EDE69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE69E

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE69E	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 230, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.092 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edbb',
    500: '#ede69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede69e;
$custom-light: #f4edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91397,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE69E

secondary

#666FC9

accent

#25D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE69E

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

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