#EDE797#EDE797

#EDE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.101 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE797
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -9.50, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 40.83, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0253 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.101 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0878, 77.3923, 40.5710)
Luminance	0.7739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE797 #979DED

analogous

#EDBC97 #EDE797 #C8ED97

triadic

#EDE797 #97EDE7 #E797ED

tetradic

#EDE797 #97EDBC #979DED #ED97C8

square

#EDE797 #97EDBC #979DED #ED97C8

split-complementary

#EDE797 #97C8ED #BC97ED

monochromatic

#DBCF2F #E4DB63 #EDE797 #F6F3CB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EDE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE797

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE797	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.101 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb6',
    500: '#ede797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede797;
$custom-light: #f4eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9148,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE797

secondary

#5F67C9

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE797

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

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