#EDE8A2#EDE8A2

#EDE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.089 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A2
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 31.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -8.72, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 35.81, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0224 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.089 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.3038, 78.3278, 45.5907)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A2 #A2A7ED

analogous

#EDC2A2 #EDE8A2 #CCEDA2

triadic

#EDE8A2 #A2EDE8 #E8A2ED

tetradic

#EDE8A2 #A2EDC2 #A2A7ED #EDA2CC

square

#EDE8A2 #A2EDC2 #A2A7ED #EDA2CC

split-complementary

#EDE8A2 #A2CCED #C2A2ED

monochromatic

#D9CF3B #E3DB6F #EDE8A2 #F7F5D5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EDE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A2

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A2	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.089 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbe',
    500: '#ede8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a2;
$custom-light: #f3efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91874,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A2

secondary

#6A70CA

accent

#22CF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A2

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

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