#EDE8A9#EDE8A9

#EDE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.081 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8A9
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 28.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -7.85, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 32.31, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0197 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.081 104)
XYZ	xyz(70.9435, 78.5836, 48.9594)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8A9 #A9AEED

analogous

#EDC6A9 #EDE8A9 #D0EDA9

triadic

#EDE8A9 #A9EDE8 #E8A9ED

tetradic

#EDE8A9 #A9EDC6 #A9AEED #EDA9D0

square

#EDE8A9 #A9EDC6 #A9AEED #EDA9D0

split-complementary

#EDE8A9 #A9D0ED #C6A9ED

monochromatic

#D8CD44 #E2DA76 #EDE8A9 #F8F6DC #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EDE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8A9

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8A9	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.081 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efc3',
    500: '#ede8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8a9;
$custom-light: #f3efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92005,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.78582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8A9

secondary

#7077CA

accent

#26CD18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8A9

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

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