#EDE899#EDE899

#EDE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.100 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE899
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -9.77, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 40.28, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.026 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.1 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.5323, 78.0192, 41.5272)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE899 #999EED

analogous

#EDBE99 #EDE899 #C8ED99

triadic

#EDE899 #99EDE8 #E899ED

tetradic

#EDE899 #99EDBE #999EED #ED99C8

square

#EDE899 #99EDBE #999EED #ED99C8

split-complementary

#EDE899 #99C8ED #BE99ED

monochromatic

#DBD131 #E4DC65 #EDE899 #F6F4CD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EDE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE899

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE899	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.100 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb8',
    500: '#ede899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede899;
$custom-light: #f4efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91717,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE899

secondary

#6167C9

accent

#1FD214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE899

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

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