#EDE98E#EDE98E

#EDE98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.113 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE98E
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -11.46, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 46.10, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0316 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.113 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.9476, 78.2369, 37.0552)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE98E #8E92ED

analogous

#EDBA8E #EDE98E #C2ED8E

triadic

#EDE98E #8EEDE9 #E98EED

tetradic

#EDE98E #8EEDBA #8E92ED #ED8EC2

square

#EDE98E #8EEDBA #8E92ED #ED8EC2

split-complementary

#EDE98E #8EC2ED #BA8EED

monochromatic

#DCD424 #E5DF59 #EDE98E #F5F3C3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EDE98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE98E

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE98E	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.113 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb0',
    500: '#ede98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede98e;
$custom-light: #f4efb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91744,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE98E

secondary

#575CC8

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE98E

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

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