#EDE799#EDE799

#EDE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.099 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE799
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -9.27, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 39.84, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0245 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.099 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.2516, 77.4578, 41.4336)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE799 #999FED

analogous

#EDBD99 #EDE799 #C9ED99

triadic

#EDE799 #99EDE7 #E799ED

tetradic

#EDE799 #99EDBD #999FED #ED99C9

square

#EDE799 #99EDBD #999FED #ED99C9

split-complementary

#EDE799 #99C9ED #BD99ED

monochromatic

#DBCF31 #E4DB65 #EDE799 #F6F3CD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EDE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE799

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE799	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.099 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb8',
    500: '#ede799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede799;
$custom-light: #f4eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91513,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE799

secondary

#6169C9

accent

#21D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE799

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

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