#EDE795#EDE795

#EDE795 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.103 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE795
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -9.72, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 41.81, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0261 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.103 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.9268, 77.3279, 39.7228)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE795 #959BED

analogous

#EDBB95 #EDE795 #C7ED95

triadic

#EDE795 #95EDE7 #E795ED

tetradic

#EDE795 #95EDBB #959BED #ED95C7

square

#EDE795 #95EDBB #959BED #ED95C7

split-complementary

#EDE795 #95C7ED #BB95ED

monochromatic

#DBCF2C #E4DB61 #EDE795 #F6F3C9 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EDE795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EDE795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE795

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE795	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.103 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb5',
    500: '#ede795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede795;
$custom-light: #f4eeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91447,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE795

secondary

#5D65C9

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE795

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

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