#EDE798#EDE798

#EDE798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE798
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 35.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -9.38, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 40.33, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0249 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.1694, 77.4249, 41.0005)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE798 #989EED

analogous

#EDBD98 #EDE798 #C9ED98

triadic

#EDE798 #98EDE7 #E798ED

tetradic

#EDE798 #98EDBD #989EED #ED98C9

square

#EDE798 #98EDBD #989EED #ED98C9

split-complementary

#EDE798 #98C9ED #BD98ED

monochromatic

#DBCF30 #E4DB64 #EDE798 #F6F3CC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EDE798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE798

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE798	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)

#F4E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb7',
    500: '#ede798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede798;
$custom-light: #f4eeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91496,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE798

secondary

#6068C9

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE798

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

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