#EDE8A5#EDE8A5

#EDE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.086 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A5
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 30.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -8.35, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 34.31, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0213 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.086 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.5737, 78.4357, 47.0119)
Luminance	0.7843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A5 #A5AAED

analogous

#EDC4A5 #EDE8A5 #CEEDA5

triadic

#EDE8A5 #A5EDE8 #E8A5ED

tetradic

#EDE8A5 #A5EDC4 #A5AAED #EDA5CE

square

#EDE8A5 #A5EDC4 #A5AAED #EDA5CE

split-complementary

#EDE8A5 #A5CEED #C4A5ED

monochromatic

#D9CE3F #E3DB72 #EDE8A5 #F7F5D8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EDE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A5

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A5	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.086 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efc0',
    500: '#ede8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a5;
$custom-light: #f3efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91929,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A5

secondary

#6C73CA

accent

#24CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A5

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

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