#EDE99E#EDE99E

#EDE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.095 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE99E
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -9.69, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 38.26, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0254 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.095 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.2362, 78.7524, 43.8419)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE99E #9EA2ED

analogous

#EDC19E #EDE99E #CAED9E

triadic

#EDE99E #9EEDE9 #E99EED

tetradic

#EDE99E #9EEDC1 #9EA2ED #ED9ECA

square

#EDE99E #9EEDC1 #9EA2ED #ED9ECA

split-complementary

#EDE99E #9ECAED #C19EED

monochromatic

#DAD237 #E3DD6A #EDE99E #F7F5D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EDE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EDE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE99E

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE99E	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.095 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbb',
    500: '#ede99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede99e;
$custom-light: #f4efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92006,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE99E

secondary

#666BC9

accent

#1ED115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE99E

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

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