#EDE796#EDE796

#EDE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.102 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE796
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -9.61, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 41.32, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0257 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.102 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.0069, 77.3600, 40.1451)
Luminance	0.7736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE796 #969CED

analogous

#EDBB96 #EDE796 #C7ED96

triadic

#EDE796 #96EDE7 #E796ED

tetradic

#EDE796 #96EDBB #969CED #ED96C7

square

#EDE796 #96EDBB #969CED #ED96C7

split-complementary

#EDE796 #96C7ED #BB96ED

monochromatic

#DBCF2E #E4DB62 #EDE796 #F6F3CA #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EDE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE796

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE796	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	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)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.102 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb6',
    500: '#ede796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede796;
$custom-light: #f4eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91463,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE796

secondary

#5E66C9

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE796

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

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