#EDE8A8#EDE8A8

#EDE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A8
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 29.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -7.98, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 32.81, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.02 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.8499, 78.5462, 48.4669)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A8 #A8ADED

analogous

#EDC6A8 #EDE8A8 #D0EDA8

triadic

#EDE8A8 #A8EDE8 #E8A8ED

tetradic

#EDE8A8 #A8EDC6 #A8ADED #EDA8D0

square

#EDE8A8 #A8EDC6 #A8ADED #EDA8D0

split-complementary

#EDE8A8 #A8D0ED #C6A8ED

monochromatic

#D8CD43 #E3DB75 #EDE8A8 #F7F5DB #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EDE8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A8

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A8	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efc2',
    500: '#ede8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a8;
$custom-light: #f3efc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91986,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A8

secondary

#6F76CA

accent

#25CE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A8

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

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