#EDE98D#EDE98D

#EDE98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.114 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE98D
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -11.57, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 46.59, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.032 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.114 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.8728, 78.2071, 36.6615)
Luminance	0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE98D #8D91ED

analogous

#EDB98D #EDE98D #C1ED8D

triadic

#EDE98D #8DEDE9 #E98DED

tetradic

#EDE98D #8DEDB9 #8D91ED #ED8DC1

square

#EDE98D #8DEDB9 #8D91ED #ED8DC1

split-complementary

#EDE98D #8DC1ED #B98DED

monochromatic

#DCD523 #E5DF58 #EDE98D #F5F3C2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EDE98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE98D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE98D	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.114 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efaf',
    500: '#ede98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede98d;
$custom-light: #f4efaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91729,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE98D

secondary

#565BC8

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE98D

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

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