#EDE8A0#EDE8A0

#EDE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.092 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A0
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 32.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -8.96, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 36.81, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0232 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.092 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1275, 78.2573, 44.6618)
Luminance	0.7826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A0 #A0A5ED

analogous

#EDC1A0 #EDE8A0 #CBEDA0

triadic

#EDE8A0 #A0EDE8 #E8A0ED

tetradic

#EDE8A0 #A0EDC1 #A0A5ED #EDA0CB

square

#EDE8A0 #A0EDC1 #A0A5ED #EDA0CB

split-complementary

#EDE8A0 #A0CBED #C1A0ED

monochromatic

#DACF39 #E3DC6D #EDE8A0 #F7F4D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EDE8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A0

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A0	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.092 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbc',
    500: '#ede8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a0;
$custom-light: #f4efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91838,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A0

secondary

#686EC9

accent

#22D015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A0

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

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