#EDE99D#EDE99D

#EDE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE99D
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -9.81, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 38.75, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.0258 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.1505, 78.7181, 43.3905)
Luminance	0.7872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE99D #9DA1ED

analogous

#EDC19D #EDE99D #C9ED9D

triadic

#EDE99D #9DEDE9 #E99DED

tetradic

#EDE99D #9DEDC1 #9DA1ED #ED9DC9

square

#EDE99D #9DEDC1 #9DA1ED #ED9DC9

split-complementary

#EDE99D #9DC9ED #C19DED

monochromatic

#DAD236 #E4DD69 #EDE99D #F6F5D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#EDE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE99D

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE99D	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efba',
    500: '#ede99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede99d;
$custom-light: #f4efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91989,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE99D

secondary

#656AC9

accent

#1ED115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE99D

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

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