#EDE8CD#EDE8CD

#EDE8CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.036 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE8CD
RGB	rgb(237, 232, 205)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 13.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.74, -2.78, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.74, 14.03, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0053 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.036 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.8001, 80.1263, 69.2712)
Luminance	0.8013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE8CD #CDD2ED

analogous

#EDD8CD #EDE8CD #E2EDCD

triadic

#EDE8CD #CDEDE8 #E8CDED

tetradic

#EDE8CD #CDEDD8 #CDD2ED #EDCDE2

square

#EDE8CD #CDEDD8 #CDD2ED #EDCDE2

split-complementary

#EDE8CD #CDE2ED #D8CDED

monochromatic

#CDBF73 #DDD3A0 #EDE8CD #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EDE8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#EDE8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE8CD

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE8CD	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 232, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.036 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efdc',
    500: '#ede8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede8cd;
$custom-light: #f3efdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92783,
    "c": 0.03605,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE8CD

secondary

#959DC9

accent

#42BA2B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE8CD

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

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