#EDE8A4#EDE8A4

#EDE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.087 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A4
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 30.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -8.47, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 34.81, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0216 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.087 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.4830, 78.3995, 46.5344)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A4 #A4A9ED

analogous

#EDC3A4 #EDE8A4 #CDEDA4

triadic

#EDE8A4 #A4EDE8 #E8A4ED

tetradic

#EDE8A4 #A4EDC3 #A4A9ED #EDA4CD

square

#EDE8A4 #A4EDC3 #A4A9ED #EDA4CD

split-complementary

#EDE8A4 #A4CDED #C3A4ED

monochromatic

#D9CE3E #E3DB71 #EDE8A4 #F7F5D7 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EDE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A4

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A4	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.087 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbf',
    500: '#ede8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a4;
$custom-light: #f3efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91911,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A4

secondary

#6C72CA

accent

#23CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A4

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

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