#EDE8A1#EDE8A1

#EDE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.090 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A1
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 32.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -8.84, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 36.31, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0228 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.09 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.2153, 78.2924, 45.1244)
Luminance	0.7829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A1 #A1A6ED

analogous

#EDC2A1 #EDE8A1 #CCEDA1

triadic

#EDE8A1 #A1EDE8 #E8A1ED

tetradic

#EDE8A1 #A1EDC2 #A1A6ED #EDA1CC

square

#EDE8A1 #A1EDC2 #A1A6ED #EDA1CC

split-complementary

#EDE8A1 #A1CCED #C2A1ED

monochromatic

#D9CF3A #E3DB6E #EDE8A1 #F7F5D4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EDE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A1

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A1	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.090 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbd',
    500: '#ede8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a1;
$custom-light: #f4efbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91856,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A1

secondary

#696FCA

accent

#22D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A1

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

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