#EDE9BB#EDE9BB

#EDE9BB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.060 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDE9BB
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 187)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 21.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -5.95, 22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 23.66, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0139 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.06 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.0333, 79.8712, 58.5734)
Luminance	0.7987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDE9BB #BBBFED

analogous

#EDD0BB #EDE9BB #D8EDBB

triadic

#EDE9BB #BBEDE9 #E9BBED

tetradic

#EDE9BB #BBEDD0 #BBBFED #EDBBD8

square

#EDE9BB #BBEDD0 #BBBFED #EDBBD8

split-complementary

#EDE9BB #BBD8ED #D0BBED

monochromatic

#D3CA5A #E0D98B #EDE9BB #F9F7E7 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EDE9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EDE9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDE9BB

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDE9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDE9BB	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ede9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 233, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.060 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f0cf',
    500: '#ede9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ede9bb;
$custom-light: #f3f0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ede9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92572,
    "c": 0.06005,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDE9BB

secondary

#8288CA

accent

#2DC620

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDE9BB

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

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