#EDE896#EDE896

#EDE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.103 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE896
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -10.11, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 41.76, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0271 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.103 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.2876, 77.9213, 40.2386)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE896 #969BED

analogous

#EDBC96 #EDE896 #C6ED96

triadic

#EDE896 #96EDE8 #E896ED

tetradic

#EDE896 #96EDBC #969BED #ED96C6

square

#EDE896 #96EDBC #969BED #ED96C6

split-complementary

#EDE896 #96C6ED #BC96ED

monochromatic

#DBD12E #E4DD62 #EDE896 #F6F3CA #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EDE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EDE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE896

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE896	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.103 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb6',
    500: '#ede896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede896;
$custom-light: #f4efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91667,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE896

secondary

#5E65C9

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE896

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

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