#EDE89E#EDE89E

#EDE89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.094 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE89E
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -9.19, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 37.81, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.024 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.094 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9539, 78.1878, 43.7478)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE89E #9EA3ED

analogous

#EDC19E #EDE89E #CAED9E

triadic

#EDE89E #9EEDE8 #E89EED

tetradic

#EDE89E #9EEDC1 #9EA3ED #ED9ECA

square

#EDE89E #9EEDC1 #9EA3ED #ED9ECA

split-complementary

#EDE89E #9ECAED #C19EED

monochromatic

#DAD037 #E3DC6A #EDE89E #F7F4D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EDE89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE89E

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE89E	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.094 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbb',
    500: '#ede89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede89e;
$custom-light: #f4efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91803,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE89E

secondary

#666CC9

accent

#21D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE89E

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

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