#EDE79E#EDE79E

#EDE79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.093 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE79E
RGB	rgb(237, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -8.69, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 37.36, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0226 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.093 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.6733, 77.6265, 43.6543)
Luminance	0.7762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE79E #9EA4ED

analogous

#EDBF9E #EDE79E #CCED9E

triadic

#EDE79E #9EEDE7 #E79EED

tetradic

#EDE79E #9EEDBF #9EA4ED #ED9ECC

square

#EDE79E #9EEDBF #9EA4ED #ED9ECC

split-complementary

#EDE79E #9ECCED #BF9EED

monochromatic

#DACD37 #E3DA6A #EDE79E #F7F4D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#EDE79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE79E

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE79E	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.093 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eebb',
    500: '#ede79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede79e;
$custom-light: #f4eebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.916,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE79E

secondary

#666DC9

accent

#23D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE79E

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

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