#EDE995#EDE995

#EDE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.105 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE995
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 37.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -10.72, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 42.69, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0289 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.105 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4897, 78.4538, 39.9105)
Luminance	0.7845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE995 #9599ED

analogous

#EDBD95 #EDE995 #C5ED95

triadic

#EDE995 #95EDE9 #E995ED

tetradic

#EDE995 #95EDBD #9599ED #ED95C5

square

#EDE995 #95EDBD #9599ED #ED95C5

split-complementary

#EDE995 #95C5ED #BD95ED

monochromatic

#DBD32C #E4DE61 #EDE995 #F6F4C9 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EDE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EDE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE995

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE995	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.105 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb5',
    500: '#ede995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede995;
$custom-light: #f4efb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91855,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE995

secondary

#5D62C9

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE995

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

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